Daniel Ortega moves to quash Nicaragua's presidential term limits.
Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, is pushing for changes to the constitution that would cement his second term in office by removing provisions that appear to rule it invalid.
Critics have warned that if the change is enacted presidents would be able to serve unlimited consecutive terms in office.
Nicaraguan lawmakers on Wednesday began studying the proposal by Ortega to remove an article in the constitution intended to bar consecutive presidential terms.
The country's highest court has already allowed Ortega to serve a second consecutive term but an analyst said the president probably wanted to remove the wording from the charter to solidify that ruling and undercut criticism of his re-election.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-second-terms
Hopefully he'll succeed.
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