La Paz, Aug 10 (ABI) .- The mandates of President Evo Morales and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera were ratified in a historic referendum this Sunday with at least 63 percent of the votes, according to the results of an early unofficial count by the ATB network with data from Ipsos, Opinion and Market polls (official results later confirmed of 68% approval).
The data also showed that the mandates of the prefects in Potosi, Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija were ratified, but those of Cochabamba, Oruro and La Paz were revoked. The prefect of La Paz, Jose Luis Paredes, received only 35 percent; Cochabamba prefect Manfred Reyes Villa was recalled with only 40 percent, and the prefect of Oruro fell short of ratification with only 49 percent.
Sunday's historic recall referendum – the first in nearly 26 years of uninterrupted democracy in Bolivia – was characterized by peace and calm throughout the country, despite an isolated incident in the town of Yucumo Beniana in which stolen electoral materials were immediately replaced.
"With great satisfaction we have to say that today in Bolivia the Referendum was conducted quietly, very peacefully and with great participation," said Jose Luis Exeni, President of the National Electoral Court. "It was a day when democracy reaffirmed its vocation of solving problems through the ballot box."
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