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A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007,[1] although it had originally been planned for 18 March 2007. The referendum was called by President Rafael Correa on 15 January 2007.[2] The Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30 September 2007 with Correa's PAIS Alliance taking the majority of seats. The assembly will sit for a maximum of 180 days with a possible 60-day-extension.[3]
On 23 January 2007, the Electoral Court decided to send the referendum call to Congress for consideration,[4] which later approved it in a vote that was boycotted by a large number of parliamentarians.[1] A poll taken in January showed 70% of voters to be in favour of the proposal.[5]
The question
Voters were asked to answer yes or no to the following question:
- Do you approve the convocation and installation of a plenipotentiary Constituent Assembly in accordance with the electoral statute attached hereto in order to transform the institutional framework of the state and to draw up a new constitution?[6]
Results
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