President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, won a referendum to reform the justice and regulate the press, but the slightest advantage over other processes encouraged the opposition which, though divided, believes he can overcome it if you search reelection in 2013, analysts estimate.
Correa, in office since 2007, earned his sixth win online election, winning nine of 10 proposals it submitted to consultation on 7 May with support from 51.6% and 56.4% of valid votes . The support ranged from 43.5% No to 48.3%.
In the heart of the referendum, the President managed to guarantee for a committee to reform the justice by purging it of "corrupt judges and negligent" and create an entity that regulates content of the press and setting up guidelines to further liability to media or journalists.
The tripartite commission, a government delegate, replaced by 18 months by the Judicial Council, which will be renovated its members down to five, including a representative of the executive, "that will guide the selection of judges and officials.
Correa, who faced the office with a popularity of 65%, "won in terms of legality but not legitimacy" to be "heating up the atmosphere with the assumption that it would be a landslide," said Hernan Reyes, a political scientist Andean University.
"triumphalism is always a bad adviser," said Alexei Paez, director of Research at the Andean Center for Strategic Studies.
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