Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a ceremony in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, November 28, 2017. Enzo De Luca/Courtesy of Bolivian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
BBC: Bolivia court allows President Evo Morales to seek fourth term
Bolivia's Constitutional Court has allowed President Evo Morales to run for a fourth consecutive term in 2019.
The court has annulled the result of a referendum held last year, in which a majority of Bolivians rejected his proposal to change the constitution.
It said Mr Morales had lost the vote by a narrow margin because of an illegal defamatory campaign.
The opposition said the ruling was an attack on democracy. Mr Morales has been in office since 2006.
If Mr Morales, 58, wins the next election, his term will end in 2025.
By then, he will have been in power for 19 years.
His supporters say he needs more time in order to consolidate his programme of social reforms.
The opposition says the result of the February 2016 referendum must be respected.
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Update #1: Bolivian court clears way for Morales to run for fourth term (Reuters)
Update #2: Bolivian court removes term limits for president (Xinhuanet)
WNU Editor: If you do not want to follow your own constitution .... why keep it?
Hard to tell if Evo is doing a good job.
ReplyDeleteThe GDP rate needs to be reported by year and not quarter?
Balance of payments is not good.
Evo is pandering with his native garb.
https://tradingeconomics.com/bolivia/gdp-growth