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10-14-2008, 02:20 PM
According to constitutional expert and leading opposition PRD party member Enmanuel Esquea Guerrero, the proposed constitutional reform would allow President Leonel Fernandez to opt for a fourth term in office, beginning in 2012. Esquea explains that while the Constitution still limits extended runs at the presidency, a clause in the proposed Magna Carta implies that incumbent at the time the new Constitution is ratified could opt for a second consecutive term in office. Esquea added that this clause does not take his previous terms in office into consideration. Last week Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez said he trusted Fernandez would not run for President again.
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