Looking to stop re-election

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An anti re-election petition from Deputy Luis Jose Gonzalez Sanchez (PRSC) has been doing the rounds at Congress and is receiving support from other deputies, according to Diario Libre. The petition has 40 signatures of the 60 total needed to present a formal project aimed at reforming the Dominican constitution and prohibiting Presidential re-election. Although the project has not been finalized and is only in its draft stages, it seeks to extend Presidential terms from four to five years. It also includes a clause for a referendum that would be held six months before the election, during which the public would vote for or against the President's re-election bid. The project would include another clause that states that if the President were to run for re-election the incumbent would have to leave the post 90 days before the elections, in order to run the re-election campaign. If the Vice President decides to help the President in the re-election campaign, the VP too would leave the post and the president of the Supreme Court would assume temporary Presidential powers. Of the 40 signatures, 21 are from PRD members, 15 from PRSC members, and 4 from PLD members.

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