Bolivian President Evo Morales gained 67.41 percent of votes in a latest recall referendum, thus keeping his office, the country's electoral court announced Saturday, according to reports from La Paz, Bolivia's administrative capital.
On Aug. 10, Bolivians voted to decide whether Morales, Vice President Alvaro Garcia and eight of the nine provincial governors should continue in office. To remain in office, the politicians each had to gain more than 50 percent of votes.
The electoral court's statistics showed Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, and Garcia won 67.41 percent of votes, higher than the 53.7-percent support when they were first elected to office in 2005.
Five of the eight governors succeeded in keeping their positions, two failed, while the last one's fate was still undecided due to vote-counting problems.
Soon after becoming president, Morales appealed for a new constitution and a redistribution of wealth between rich eastern provinces and poor western provinces, but has been fiercely opposed by the eastern provinces.
Four provinces have held referendums to demand autonomy despite the central government's opposition.
The Aug. 10 referendum was called by Morales in an attempt to beat opposition governors who are defying his reforms and asking for autonomy.
Source:Xinhua
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