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Bolivian president wins mandate for reforms
www.chinaview.cn 2006-07-04 11:54:49

    LIMA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales won a strong mandate for his reforms in Sunday's ballot to rewrite the country's constitution, but he will need political alliances to do it as his party failed to garner the two-thirds majority in parliament, reports from La Paz, capital of Bolivia, said Monday.

    Voters in South America's poorest country went to the polls on Sunday to pick Bolivia's first elected constitutional assembly and also voted in a referendum on whether to give the country's nine provinces greater autonomy from central government.

    Morales told reporters Monday he felt "enormous satisfaction" after his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) won 135 seats in the 255-member assembly.

    But as he is far from having the two-thirds majority necessary to control the assembly, he will still have to depend on smaller parties to push his proposals through the assembly, which is set to meet on Aug. 6 to begin a rewrite of the charter.

    Morales also faced greater divisions in the country as Bolivia's four wealthiest provinces -- those dominated by European-descended citizens -- voted strongly for autonomy.

    Constitutional reform was a key election promise by Morales. He has billed the effort as a way to cement the reforms, like his decision to nationalize the energy industry, and empower the poor, indigenous majority.

    Morales took office after winning a December election with 54 percent of the vote and remains hugely popular. Enditem

Editor: Lin Li
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