Can Hippo run again?
Rick Snyder had posted this in another thread. I moved my question to here, as not to hijack the other thread:
I recall someone else had posted; since Hippo had served in 2000, and ran in 2004, that he would not be able to run in 2008. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but I recall the poster being fairly sure of themself.
My Sanish is not nearly good enough to interpert what the Constitution says.
Rick Snyder had posted this in another thread. I moved my question to here, as not to hijack the other thread:
Rick Snyder said:OK let?s see if we can explain this one more time. The latest change to the Dominican constitution was done in 2002. Article 49 says;
?-El Poder Ejecutivo se ejerce por el Presidente de la Rep?blica, quien ser? elegido cada cuatro a?os por voto directo. El Presidente de la Rep?blica podr? optar por un segundo y ?nico per?odo constitucional consecutivo, no pudiendo postularse jam?s al mismo cargo, ni a la Vicepresidencia de la Rep?blica.?
The prior constitution of 1994, Article 49 said;
?El Poder Ejecutivo se ejerce por el Presidente de la Rep?blica, quien ser? elegido cada cuatro a?os por voto directo, no pudiendo ser electo para el per?odo constitucional siguiente?
Constitution1994 here and 2002 here.
Rick
Joel you said, "Then why isn't ex President Hippo allowed to run again? I thought I read they changed the Constitution so that Hippo couldn't run?"
They changed it so he could run and he lost against LF. There is talk that he wants to run again in 2008 which he can do. All that will depend on the stupidity of the people not remembering times gone by and/or the power of the PPH within the PRD.
I recall someone else had posted; since Hippo had served in 2000, and ran in 2004, that he would not be able to run in 2008. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but I recall the poster being fairly sure of themself.
My Sanish is not nearly good enough to interpert what the Constitution says.