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Chavez seeks reelection, eyes presidency through 2021
AFP
Monday, Dec 01, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday announced
he was seeking a constitutional amendment to allow himself to
seek reelection again, saying he hoped to lead the OPEC nation
until 2021.
Chavez said he was directing his ruling United Socialist party
(PSUV) to seek a "constitutional amendment and reelection
of the president of the republic" saying he was "ready
(to govern) through 2021."
"I give the PSUV and the Venezuelan people my authorization
to begin the debate and take the steps necessary to obtain that
constitutional amendment and reelection of the president ... and
I am sure that we will get it now," Chavez said at the swearing-in
of Caracas' Libertador district's mayor Jorge Rodriguez.
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"I am ready, and if I am healthy, God willing, I will be
with you until 2019, until 2021," added the 54-year-old Chavez,
seeking to propel the oil-rich but poverty-plagued country's institutional
socialism to over two decades long.
On November 24 -- almost a year after losing a vote on extending
his powers -- Chavez had said "It's the people's right (to
vote on the issue). We'll see if the people use this right, and
if all the country approves it or not if there is a referendum."
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