Voting in the referendum called by Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa for this Sunday, April 21, began at 7:00 local time (12:00 GMT). There are 11 questions that citizens will answer to show whether they agree or not with the proposed actions to fight organized crime, attract investments through the recognition of international arbitrations and incentives for job creation with temporary contracts and by hours.
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The Ecuadorian president, Daniel Noboa, seeks this Sunday, April 21, the support of voters for a series of measures in a national referendum.
The vote, which represents a turning point for his Government after its first five months in power, has 4,322 centers established in which more than 13.6 million Ecuadorians are called to vote. More than 400,000 vote abroad.
After having elevated the fight against criminal gangs to the category of “internal armed conflict”, this legal and political procedure “will set the course of the challenge to confront organized crime, the fight against corruption and the creation of employment”, as well as The president of Ecuador said it in his inaugural speech of the referendum.
An affirmative answer to the 11 questions of the referendum would represent a boost in the new general elections that will take place in less than ten months and in which the president is considering running for re-election. If the answers are negative, he would be weakened for the remainder of his mandate, until May 2025.
Reforms in the Constitution
Five questions involve changes to the 2008 Constitution, approved during the presidential term of Rafael Correa (2007-2017), while the remaining six must be processed through the National Assembly (Parliament), after receiving the support of the population. .
In Ecuador, voting is mandatory for people between 18 and 65 years old, while it is optional for adolescents between 16 and 18 years old and also for those over 65 years old, as well as for police officers, soldiers and prisoners without a final sentence. .
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