QUITO- the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was underway for a comfortable victory in the referendum on Saturday the judiciary and the media say opponents of reform are a seizure of power by undermining democracy in the Andean country.
"The people of Ecuador have triumphed," said Correa, claiming victory, shortly after the close of polling.
The national election Council, said its first head of the "quick" sample they him advance on all 10 questions by a 51-57 per cent range in what was essentially a vote of confidence on the charismatic Correa48, who has governed since 2007.
The eyes of vote sure to strengthen the grip policy Correa popular but dominating member of the OPEC nation and placed it in a good position for a re-election bid in 2013.
Correa supporters danced and sang in jubilation at the headquarters of the Party on the night of Saturday.
Private from two surveys of voters in the Saturday vote showed all the reforms through approximately 57 and 60 per cent, respectively - a wider margin than the first official data.
Some opposition leaders quickly acknowledged defeat.
"There is no doubt he won," the President brother and critic Fabricio Correa told Reuters. "" "". But this was not a thrashing as they said. ... It is time for meditation no triumphalism. ?
Correa has maintained great popularity among the poor and lower middle classes with large spending on roads, schools and hospitals. Rivals accused of an autocratic streak similar to his ally, Hugo Chavez, the President of the Venezuela and fear that he could use the reforms to persecute opponents.
"We are giving too much power to the Correa, but whatever." Someone has to clean up this mess, "said"Yes"voter Cesar Acosta, 67, echoing initial justification for the Correa for voting to eliminate corruption and inefficiency in the courts."
The two most controversial proposals to define the bases of a new system of justice will have Correa more direct say on appointments. He argues that corrupt judges must go to the police can better fight crime in the nation of 14 million.
"We have to make great changes over the next 18 months." We will deal with the opposition of the mafia within the judiciary, "Correa said State TV after the victory."
Analysts say the Correa capacity control a new panel of three people responsible for the redesign of the justice system and appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and lower courts will focus more power in the Executive controls and limits.
"I think he is tired of the constitution," former presidential assistant turned critical Alberto Acosta told Reuters.
BAN ON BULLFIGHTING
Other reforms include more controls on the media, with which Correa has been duel regularly and the ban on bullfighting to the dismay of fans of this sport.
The strongest leader for decades in a country known for instability policy, Correa bristles to claims that he took the Ecuador on the autocratic road. "We are here to change our Ecuador in peace and democracy", he said.
Unsurprisingly, Chavez was the first leader to congratulate his "brother" for a "great victory" in a message from Twitter and the official communiqué of the Venezuelan Government.
Ecuadorian is appeared to vote massively, especially given the threat of a fine of $25 for casting does not a ballot. Local TV showed voters through muddy roads in the region Amazon, indigenous clothing in an Andean province and the tail from the polling stations in the Galápagos Islands.
The flamboyant and talkative Correa is part of a regional alliance of leftist Latin American Presidents that includes Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Chavez.
They are fans critical of U.S. "imperialism" and have sought to increase the revenue of the State of the energy resources of their country to devote to social projects.
DEALING WITH DISSENT
Correa is likely to feel enhardi, but his victory will also fuel criticism that it wants to install a Communist rule in Ecuador, and which could cost him support among voters educated in urban areas more great Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Victory should enable Correa to rein in dissent in the movement of the Alianza Pais to power and the best control Parliament.
Analysts do not expect Correa to take any dramatic new measures against foreign investors, which he has already largely strong-armed dealt with more favourable to the State.
"In the oil sector, the Government has already extracted important benefits." ... (She) will offer mining companies relatively generous terms in its initial contracts to attract foreign investment to help develop the nascent mining sector, "said consultancy Eurasia Group.
Position of the Correa to the media has fueled fears that the reforms to restrict ownership of media and hold "responsible" journalists stories of him will leave critical silence.
After the vote, still attached Correa "corrupt media" he constantly said to besmirch him has been proven. "There is no problem with the opposition, but what they cannot do is poorly informed and can be found."
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