Tag: Colombia presidential re-election

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Colombian congress bars presidential re-election; 70% of public opinion supports decision

  

  Colombia’s Congress has voted to bar presidents from seeking re-election, a move backed by President Juan Manuel Santos that undoes a law passed by his predecessor and rival Alvaro Uribe. The decision also marks a difference with the ongoing Latin American trend of successive re-elections, when not unlimited.