According to the verdict, indefinite reelection “is not a human right,” as established by that same judicial body in 2017, and from now on the head of state or his vice president can only exercise that mandate for two continuous or discontinuous periods.

In this way, the TCP made prevail a decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that, at the request of Colombia, resolved in an Advisory Opinion that indefinite reelection is not a human right and is contrary to the exercise of representative democracy.

The verdict recalls that, in its article 168, the Political Constitution of the State establishes that “the term of office of the president and the vice president (…) is five years, and they can be re-elected by only once continuously.”

Likewise, it indicates that senators and deputies can only exercise their mandate for two continuous or discontinuous periods.

Regarding “judicial authorities, they can exercise two continuous or discontinuous mandates, but never in the same court,” warns the Correo del Sur newspaper, based in Sucre, capital of the highland country.

This file was resolved by Chamber IV of the TCP, with the reporting magistrate Iván Espada, it was reported.

The TCP decision vetoes a possible re-election of former President Evo Morales.

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