Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office, according to the elections council, a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks his mentor-turned-adversary Rafael Correa from returning to power.
The results from the referendum, called by Moreno, roll back a measure Correa pushed through Congress in 2015 to allow unlimited presidential re-election.
"The victory of the 'yes' vote opens the path for us to work together, confrontation is a thing of the past," Moreno said in a televised broadcast, an apparent reference to Correa's famously combative style. "The old politicians will not return."