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Weekly Report - 15 January 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
VENEZUELA: Assembly approves referendum on re-election
The national assembly voted on 14 January in favour of a referendum
to amend the constitution to allow continuous re-election for all elected posts,
including that of the presidency. The national electoral council (CNE) now has
30 days in which to convene the referendum: 15 February is the most likely date.
The text of the referendum approved in the second and final vote in the assembly
differed from the text in the first vote on 18 December after President Hugo
Chávez proposed that governors, mayors, councillors, and national and regional
legislators, should also be able to seek continuous re-election - not just the
President.
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