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Fri 02 Feb 2010Court urged to reject Uribe re-election
BOGOTÁ – A top Colombian judge has recommended that the country’s highest court reject as illegal a proposal to allow Colombian president Álvaro Uribe to seek re-election in May, a former mayor and local media said yesterday.
The report, if confirmed, would fuel doubts on the political future of Mr Uribe, a key Washington ally popular at home for his US-backed security drive against leftist rebels and with Wall Street for his pro-investment policies.
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