Close confident of Cristina Fernandez re-floats idea of a third consecutive mandate
The rumours of a constitutional amendment in Argentina which could include a re-re-election review privileging a possible third consecutive mandate for President Cristina Fernandez have again resurfaced and this time by a close confident of the Kirchner family.
Victory Front lawmaker Carlos Kunkel assured that the government has the prerogative to “start discussing the matter with the population”.
“We are not here to tell you we will be running in October 2015; we are saying that up until December 10th, 2015 we will be governing by the power granted in us by the Constitution. And that power given to us allows us to open a debate with the population regarding a possible amendment in the Constitution to make it more accordingly to the reality we’re living in” said Kunkel who was a student leader in the seventies together with deceased former president Nestor Kirchner at the Law School in the La Plata University.
When referring to the possibility of a constitutional amendment that allows President Cristina Fernandez to seek a third term in office, Kunkel said that “the population will have all the information necessary in order to choose which destiny we want for Argentina in the next 20 years”.
Kunkel’s statements came only a week after Vice-President Amado Boudou was heard in a couple of political rallies sponsoring the possibility of President Cristina Fernández seeking a third presidential term.
Kunkel not only has a long standing relation with the Kirchner family since the time they were students, but was among the first to mention back in 2006 that then President Nestor Kirchner was not necessarily going to seek re-election because the government had very good candidates, from both genders, “why not Senator Cristina? She has all the necessary qualities and experience”.
He was never denied or told to shut up. On the contrary he repeated the proposal several times until it was made official.
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I hope it doesn't happen.
posting as if it were still 1982! Deluded muppet if I ever saw one...
You know what gave you away mate?
This:
whilst those that are against it will not vote out of fear of repercussions, as they still remember what happens when they go against the ruling parties - They disappear and are thrown out of planes, who could blame them for being afraid to vote?
such an uniformed statement.
You know what they say about the Brits, right? Too many years of inbreeding has made you not only ugly but stupid
There is an old saying: it takes on to know one. :o)
You remonstrate against Teaboyz making such an uninformed statement, then in the very next breath make one yourself. That means you are either a: a hypocrite, or b: stupid.
I don't see any problem with a discussion to change the Argentine constitution to allow more than two terms, after all a British Prime Minister can serve idefinitely as log as they continue to get voted into power.
What should be a worry for an Argentine is the talk of this while the Kirchner government also passes laws intended to gain a higher degree of control of the press.
With the two acts combined the Kirchener government is looking more and more like an authoritarian regime.
As for inbreeding, is that the best insult you can come up with. Surely someone with your level of intelligence can come up with a better insult towards me that is not based on your own family history. For the record i am, in fact, quarter Irish, my mother being halve irish and my dad by 100% english, how that works out as me being the product of inbreeding is anyones guess.
I clearly touched a nerve in my last post, didn't i Helber, you yourself making it clear you do not want CFk to have a third term in your first post i believe. Maybe i hit upon your own fears, and you evidently and as expected from someone who has the fears i pointed out, hit back purely in denial. It is well know that man always hits back in denial off their deepest fears. So yes your reaction was expected, though not necessary from you but from others too.
Many a persidents have tried for a consecutive 3rd term and failed.
This one has not tried yet! If she does, she will also fail. No doubts about that.
However, the most important bit in this post is, she has not tried yet.
Gee Frank! easy there, mate! Looks like you might be the one needing to get a grip by the tone of your post *roll eyes*
Don't forget to take your valium before going to bed *lol*
You said that Helber is EITHER a hypocrite OR stupid?
l'd say that he's both.
Falklands related or not, this is a highly autocratic and centralised administration that is intolerant of opposing views. To change the Constitution to continue this marginal democracy would not be good for Argentina and not good for the region.
“oil heist by Cameron & Co.” any evidence to back this up: the Isalnders can tell you who is going to profit and it had better not be the likes of you.
Why not go back to the 'Homeland' and stop sucking our taxes you hypocritical parasite.
Do you really know who you are or what you want?
You seem at odds with yourself.
Your ramblings do the Falklanders immeasurable harm.
The malvinistas just love uninformed people like yourself.
As l once asked you, how would you like it to be invited to “sit down & negotiate” the rights to your house with someone who had absolutely no rights(to your house)at all?
Knowing all the time that this person's interpretation of the word“negotiate”only meant a time-frame when you were going to turn your house over to them?
Don't thunk you'd laike it atall, as they say in Georgia.
You don't live here, so please don't support deluded peope who think that they have a “right” to dispossess the people that do.
Please think deeply on this. Thank you.
Nice try Isolde, I hope he will consider you plea instead of spouting his 'I am an internationalist' cobblers and don't forget he is a Scottish Argentino after all.
He is probably in Argentina anyway and just another Ogaga.
You are really great, mate!!! I hope that Scotland could be a free country soon.
“I hope that Scotland could be a free country soon.” But British_Kirchnerist DOES NOT WANT THIS you idiot and he has stated that on MercoPress.
The reason he does not want the fabled 'freedom' peddled by Salmon Face and the Hag is that he would LOSE MONEY. England would no longer pay £2000 (USD 3,160) per year by every man, woman and child to subsidise the Scots.
They should leave the union and the sooner the better and we should insist those Scots living 'South of the Border' should be sent back: see how they like that.
I am following the process and is quite interesting , splitting of the debt, revenues from the North Sea, Defense, location of Nuclear Sub Station? is that all worth it? Just a question
I don't think you have a clue about what you stand for, it seems to change that often.
And get your facts right, it is not difficult: there are 45 million Argies or rather Wops, neo-Nazi's, Spanish, first generation mainly, INCLUDING your Darling Old Smooth Neck herself. Check out the scar-check out WHERE it should be. She blubbed in Spain how her parents had moved to Argentina.
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