No Re-Election For
Colombia's Uribe
BOGOTA - Colombia's Constitutional Court
ruled on Friday to reject a referendum that
will allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek
re-election.
The ruling, passed by a 7-2 vote in the
court, effectively blocks the popular
president from running for a third term in
the country's presidential elections in May
after serving two consecutive terms.
Uribe, who hadn't yet confirmed his second
re-election bid, immediately accepted the
ruling.
"I accept and respect the decision of the
constitutional court," he told reporters.
Uribe was first elected president in 2002
and was re-elected in 2006 after the
Colombian Congress amended the constitution
to let him run for a second consecutive
term.
Election campaigns for Colombia's May 30
presidential election started on Friday.
Former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos
from the ruling party and Sergio Fajardo
from the independent movement Citizen's
Commitment for Colombia are among the
candidates. |
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