Yesterday, the Buenos Aires Provincial Senate approved a bill that limits the number of reelections for mayors, councillors and legislators in the province to one, i.e. This puts an end to the “indefinite reelection” system that encouraged many politicians to remain in power for decades and is still present in other provinces. The initiative affects 135 mayors, 138 legislators, 1,097 councillors and 427 school advisors in the province. FR leader, Sergio Massa, thanked Buenos Aires senators for their courage and celebrated the “end of a paradigm” on Twitter. There are currently four provinces that allow for an indefinite amount of reelections: Formosa, Catamarca, San Luis and Santa Cruz.

Source: The Bubble August 18, 2016 14:48 UTC