Bolivia to write new constitution

[Judi Lynn]

Last Updated: Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 12:02 GMT

Bolivia to write new constitution

Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed a law convening a special assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Mr Morales said Bolivia would be refounded, with indigenous peoples playing the role that they had been denied for hundreds of years.

Mr Morales also signed a law calling a referendum on greater regional autonomy, which will be held on 2 July.

He was elected in December 2005, pledging to reform the constitution and give more power to indigenous peoples.

Economic reform?

The assembly is expected to spend up to a year drawing up a new constitution before it is put to a referendum.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4781340.stm

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