GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa says he has a mandate for social change after voters overwhelmingly approved new powers for the presidency.
Preliminary results from Sunday's referendum balloting on a new constitution indicated that at least 65 percent of Ecuadorans voted in favor of the proposal, giving the president the power to dissolve the National Congress once each term, although such moves would also trigger presidential elections, The Washington Post reported.