The Colombian House of Representatives has approved the bill, already passed by the Senate, that will allow a referendum on lifting the current term limit on the presidency. The vote was 85-5, with 76 members not voting.
I still do not get it: the yes votes include members of parties that had already announced their own presidential candidates (who presumably will now suspend their campaigns).
Now only the Constitutional Court can stop it. Or, less likely, the voters.
See previous Colombia plantings for past votes and context.
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Apparently abolishing term limits is all the rage now, on the right *and* the left. It’s like the 1930s-1940s all over again!
Seed planted by mcentellas — 02 September 2009 @ 20:44
In a 7-2 ruling, Colombia’s Constitutional Court struck down today the presidential re-election referendum; President Uribe has declared that he accepts the court’s decision.
Seed planted by Manuel Alvarez-Rivera — 27 February 2010 @ 02:53