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The Nicaraguan Asamblea Nacional (AN) passed in November a series of constitutional reforms severely limiting presidential powers, arrogating, say critics, to itself prerogatives usually associated with the executive. The package of constitutional amendments passed with 74 of 91 votes. To pass into law, the reforms must be passed again in the 2005 legislature in January. This done, legislators would have the power to appoint government ministers, foreign ambassadors and diplomats, and other top executive officials who have to do with public services and property rights. The congress would also have the power to fire these officials by means of a hearing at which it concluded the individual was not fulfilling responsibilities. It could then require that the president fire the official within three days.
This is the second time the legislature has acted to alter the balance of powers in the 1987 Constitution. In 2000, by the same vote count, it...
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