Ecuador’s Correa: vote for assembly or I quit

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa upped the ante by saying that he would “very seriously” consider resigning if voters do not approve a government-backed constitutional referendum. Odds are Correa will keep his post since the latest polls show overwhelming support for installing a constitutional assembly.

Correa’s comments come in the midst of a heated political debate over the future of Ecuador; Correa wants a constitutional assembly that would curb the power of traditional political parties while the opposition has accused him of trying to install a Chavez-like “dictatorship”.

Links- CNN, Reuters, The Latin Americanist

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