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Article: Roundup: Approval of Ecuador's new constitution yet another victory for President Correa
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 29, 2008
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Roundup: Approval of Ecuador's new constitution yet another
victory for President Correa
QUITO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- President Rafael Correa of Ecuador
scored yet another victory at the ballot boxes with official results
showing the weeekend's referendum on a new constitution had been
approved by over 64 percent of voters.
The new constitution received 64.02 percent "yes" votes, with
nearly 92 percent votes counted, Ecuador's Supreme Electoral
Tribunal (TSE) said in a communique Monday . Only two of the
country's 24 provinces had turned in "no" votes, the communique
added.
During a meeting with foreign media at the government's
headquarters in Carondelet Palace, Correa said the new ...