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Nicaragua Lawmakers Resist President's
Re-Election
MANAGUA - President Daniel Ortega's attempt
to run for re-election has run into a
setback in congress. Lawmakers are refusing
to recognize a Supreme Court decision that
would allow Ortega to run again in 2011 by
overturning bans on consecutive re-election
and serving more than two terms.
Nicaragua's National Assembly approved a
resolution Thursday to oppose the top
court's decision. Legislators say it is up
to Nicaragua's electoral commission to
choose which branch of government to heed.
The electoral commission's president says
the Supreme Court's ruling is final. But he
leaves the post in 2010 and lawmakers are
betting his replacement will side with them.
Ortega was first named president after
Sandinista rebels toppled dictator Anastasio
Somoza in 1979. |
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