Look at Table 11

question 40

Multiple Choice

Look at Table 11.17 at the end of Chapter 11. This table shows the results from the 1996 legislative elections in Ecuador. Ecuador is in fact a presidential democracy. In the 1996 presidential elections, Abdalá Bucaram Ortz of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE) was elected president ahead of Jaime Nebot Saadi of the Social Christian Party (PSC) . Based on this new information, from which party would you now expect the formateur to come?

• A) Social Christian Party
• B) Ecuadorian Roldosista Party
• C) Popular Democracy
• D) New Country Movement

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