Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has cleared a raft of controversial reforms proposed by President Rafael Correa to be submitted to referendum.

The proposed reforms, which Correa argues will help fight crime and better regulate the economy, have come in for fierce political opposition. “The proposals to amend the constitution got the green light (from the court) and it’s now up to the president to make a final decision,” Chief Justice Patricio Pazmino told reporters. The court reformulated two of the questions on the referendum, he added, without elaborating. Read Article