Nicaraguan fourth ballot box

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The Nicaraguan fourth ballot box or Nicaraguan cuarta urna was a referendum or plebiscite proposed by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega as part of a project to pressure for and effect a change to Nicaraguan constitutional law regarding term limits imposed on the presidency. This follows in the wake of similar efforts by fellow Central American president Manuel Zelaya to propose a fourth ballot box in Honduras. [1] [2]

Ortega recently gained a victory towards defeating presidential term limits when the Nicaraguan Supreme Court decided a constitutional ban on re-election did not apply to him. Ortega was seeking to run again for the presidency in 2011. [3] Nicaraguan lawmakers continued to oppose Ortega's re-election plans. [4]

The Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua abolished term limits in Nicaragua in November 2009. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Alvarez, Leonor (2009-08-22). ""Cuarta urna" a lo nica". El Nuevo Diario. Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Major Signs of Crisis, Minor Signs of Flexibility". Revista Envío. August 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Blake (2009-11-15). "In Nicaragua, Opposition Sees an End Run". New York Times . Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Nicaragua lawmakers resist president's re-election - Yahoo! News". Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  5. ↑ "Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject term limits". Christian Science Monitor.
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