RE: STEEMIT EXCLUSIVE: Little News From Embassy, As Wikileaks Supporters Refuse To Stop Fighting For Assange's Freedom Of Speech

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in wikileaks •  7 years ago 

Rafael Correa was not rejected, he was ineligible to stand for a further term of office.

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He was rejected by the electorate by a recall in his efforts to keep having an option to nominate himself as a candidate to get a second reelection. The constitution was amended by the will of the people on elections.

He was strongly campaigning against that amendment and he lost. Hence, he was rejected.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/05/a-referendum-in-ecuador-is-another-defeat-for-south-americas-left-wing-populists/