Honduras ruling party lawmakers seek to remove re-election debate sanctions
Honduras ruling party lawmakers seek to remove re-election debate sanctions
Source: Reuters - Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:52 GMT
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The president of Honduras on Wednesday pledged his support to a group of lawmakers who are seeking to lift sanctions from a discussion on re-election, which the opposition says could pave the way for the president to seek a second term.
Some 15 lawmakers from the ruling National Party on Monday lodged an appeal with the country's Supreme Court that seeks to overturn a rule that suspends lawmakers for 10 years for proposing or supporting re-election.
The appeal could be resolved by March of next year, a court official said.
The country's 1981 Constitution prohibits the president's re-election.
"Honduras, like any country in the world, must be prepared to discuss and have these debates at a high level. Why should lawmakers be punished for making proposals such as this, or any other?" President Juan Orlando Hernandez said to reporters.
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