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Colombia Congress OKs referendum on Uribe seeking reelection

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Colombia Congress OKs referendum on Uribe seeking reelection -- latimes.com

Funny how this story has gotten no time on these boards, and yet Chavez doing exactly the same thing got weeks of traction..

So here we have a right wing US backed President, redrawing election laws, so he can run for another term beyond the mandated term limit... and not a peep from the right.. :roll:
 
PeteEU said:
Colombia Congress OKs referendum on Uribe seeking reelection -- latimes.com

Funny how this story has gotten no time on these boards, and yet Chavez doing exactly the same thing got weeks of traction..

So here we have a right wing US backed President, redrawing election laws, so he can run for another term beyond the mandated term limit... and not a peep from the right.. :roll:
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From the article
By a vote of 85 to 5, the lower house of Congress late Tuesday greenlighted a voter referendum early next year that could pave the way for Uribe to be on the May presidential ballot.
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It appears to me that they have approved a national vote on whether, or not, the president can run for a third term. The citizens that disagree with it, will certainly vote against this plan. If enough of them vote against it, then Uribe won't be able to run for a third term. Looks like democracy in action, to me.

How is the least bit comparable to anything Chevez has done??
 
apdst said:
It appears to me that they have approved a national vote on whether, or not, the president can run for a third term. The citizens that disagree with it, will certainly vote against this plan. If enough of them vote against it, then Uribe won't be able to run for a third term. Looks like democracy in action, to me.

How is the least bit comparable to anything Chevez has done??
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Uh...through the fact that a majority vote through a popular referendum also eliminated the term limit constrictions that were on him? :2wave:
 
chevydriver1123 said:
He's not white.
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This man isn't white? :confused:

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Compare him to the black/indigenous mestizo Hugo Chavez:

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Also consider the indigenous Evo Morales, president of Bolivia:

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These men are of different races, which is why the "Hispanic" and "Latino" labels are so insufficiently descriptive, IMO.
 
apdst said:
It appears to me that they have approved a national vote on whether, or not, the president can run for a third term. The citizens that disagree with it, will certainly vote against this plan. If enough of them vote against it, then Uribe won't be able to run for a third term. Looks like democracy in action, to me.

How is the least bit comparable to anything Chevez has done??
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You seriously dont mean that right?

Chavez went through his congress too, and had a referendum....

And you dont see anything similar there?
 
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