Nicaraguan leader proposes extending presidential term by another year
- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year.
- The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September.
- It is part of a proposed constitutional reform which also includes plans to bar members of the opposition deemed by the government to be "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office.
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- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year.
- The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September.
- It is part of a proposed constitutional reform which also includes plans to bar members of the opposition deemed by the government to be "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office.
Sources: BBC News