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Colombia Judge Says Uribe Referendum Unenforceable

A Colombian judge said a proposed referendum on whether President Alvaro Uribe can run for a third consecutive term is unenforceable, El Tiempo said, without saying where it obtained the information.

Constitutional Court Justice Humberto Sierra’s findings may provide the basis for the high court to block the law passed by congress that would organize the national vote, the Bogota-based newspaper said. 

Sierra, whose opinion isn’t binding and must still be taken up by the rest of the court, cited several irregularities including the possible violation of financing rules for the petition drive that forced congress to vote on the referendum, El Tiempo said. Five lawmakers from the pro-Uribe Radical Change party also voted for the referendum while suspended from congress’s ethics committee, El Tiempo said… more

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