Uribe asks for new presidential vote in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Friday June 27, 06:43 PM
Uribe asks for new presidential vote in Colombia

BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asked Congress late Thursday to immediately schedule an early presidential vote after a court questioned the legality of the law that let him seek reelection in 2006.

"I am going to convene Congress so that it can produce as swiftly as possible legislation on a referendum, that would call the people to repeat the 2006 presidential election," Uribe said in a nationally broadcast radio and television address just before midnight.

His call came hours after the Supreme Court ordered a review of the law that allowed US ally Uribe to seek reelection in 2006, following the conviction of a lawmaker who confessed that she was bribed by the conservative government to vote for the measure.

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"The ... constitutional reform's approval was an expression of clear and manifest overstepping of power," the high court magistrates said in their ruling.

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[Bacchus39]

1. he will win....again n/t

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