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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has proposed extending his presidential term by another year, as part of a constitutional reform that would also ban opposition members deemed "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office. The 80-year-old's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, with multiple changes to the presidential term limits and widespread suppression of opposition, including jailing, exile, and citizenship stripping. The proposal is set to be approved by the government-controlled National Assembly in September. Ortega has been in power since 2007, and his term extension would come just two years after he extended the term from five to six years in 2024.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending his presidential term by another year. The proposal, which is expected to be approved by the government-controlled National Assembly in September, is part of a broader constitutional reform that includes plans to bar opposition members deemed "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office. Ortega's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, with 19 years of power marked by jailing and exiling political opponents, stripping them of their citizenship, and manipulating elections. The National Assembly has already made several changes to the presidential term in recent years: it scrapped term limits in 2014, extended the term from five to six years in 2024, and allowed Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo, to assume the title of "co-president".

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Nicaraguan leader proposes extending presidential term by another year · assertive framing

- Published Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year. asserted

who → publish → year

The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September. asserted

Assembly → control → 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. asserted

which → propose → office

The 80-year-old's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, with political opponents jailed, sent into exile and stripped of their citizenship. asserted

opponents → become → citizenship

In 2014, the country's National Assembly scrapped presidential term limits and in 2024 it extended the term from five to six years. asserted

it → scrap → years

The legislative body also approved Ortega's plan to name his wife, Rosario Murillo, as "co-president". asserted

body → approve → president

It thereby paved the way for her to assume as president should Ortega, who is believed to be in frail health, be declared "permanently absent". asserted

who → pave → health

Presidential elections were last held in Nicaragua in November 2021. asserted

elections → hold → November

The one-sided contest was won by Ortega following a brutal crackdown on the opposition. asserted

contest → win → opposition

Any rival potential candidates with a chance to garner a significant number of votes were detained and disqualified from standing for office or forced into exile. asserted

candidates → garner → exile

Dozens of other opposition members were also arrested. asserted

Dozens → arrest → members

Only a small handful of little-known candidates, who were unlikely to get much support, were allowed to stand. asserted

who → know → support

persecution → warn → dissidents

Few Nicaraguans have dared to speak out in public against Ortega and Murillo since more than 300 people were killed when the security forces quashed anti-government protests in 2018. asserted

forces → dare → 2018

Dissidents living in exile have also been targeted with many stripped of their citizenship by the Ortega government, their homes they left behind in Nicaragua seized and sold. asserted

they → live → Nicaragua

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