Ortega defended his right to reelection, saying: “only the people can decide with their vote” who will be the next president. He warned that the Sandinista party “will not let itself be shackled ever again.”
Securing the ability to seek reelection has been a key strategy for leftist regional allies like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Bolivian President Evo Morales in Bolivia, among others. President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras was thought to have been developing such plans when an army-backed coup toppled him in June.
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