President Leonel Fernandez presented his long-awaited comprehensive proposal for constitutional reform to the Senate yesterday, with 122 articles revised. The President is suggesting a reform that would allow him to return to the Presidency. He proposes that a President could opt for a third term in office after serving two consecutive terms, but only with at least a four-year break in between. Another proposed change establishes that legislators and city government officials elected in 2010 would only serve a two-year term, so that the following congressional and municipal elections could be held in the same year as the presidential election. <\/p>\n
Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) president Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman recommended that the re-election issue should be left for last in the debates on the proposal. <\/p>\n
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President Leonel Fernandez presented his long-awaited comprehensive proposal for constitutional reform to the Senate yesterday, with 122 articles revised. The President is suggesting a reform that would allow him to return to the Presidency. He proposes that a President could opt for a third term in office after serving two consecutive terms, but only with … <\/p>\n