(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Colombia’s anti-corruption referendum has failed to reach the minimum number of votes required for it to be valid.
Less that 12 million people went to the polls and the referendum needed a little more than 12 million to take part for it to be binding.
However, an overwhelming majority of those who did vote approved the anti-corruption measures proposed.
Each of the seven measures had more than 99% support.
But for the referendum to be valid, a third of the country’s 36.4 million eligible voters had to take part and the turnout fell just short of that.
The proposed measures include a cut in wages of Members of Congress, bans on alternative sentences like house arrest for corruption, forcing elected officials to publish their tax returns and a three-term limit on local and national lawmakers.
