Executive Branch Reform – 1999

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Executive Branch Reform – 1999

1999

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The referendum for the full package of constitutional amendments occurred on 16 May 1999. With low turnout of under 1 million voters, they denied the proposed amendments related to executive branch reform, along with all other proposed amendments. While this vote prevented the complete fulfillment of many components of the peace agreements, the parties to the agreements showed good faith by drafting, submitting and approving the reforms as called for by the accord. Rights and protections for indigenous peoples were featured prominently in the referendum, suggesting that the country was far from reconciled after the end of the civil war.1 In the referendum, 392,223 voted against the reforms related to executive branch and 294,849 voted in favor of the reforms.2

  1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/54/526), November 11, 1999.
  2. “Guatemala: Referendum, 1999,” Georgetown University & Organization of American States – Political Database of the Americas (2001), accessed May 23, 2012, http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Elecdata/Guate/ref99.html.