CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's ruling party
pledged Thursday to seek to reform the nation's constitution to let
President Hugo Chavez seek indefinite re-election.
Proposed changes to end the two-term limit for presidents
will be presented to Congress or the National Electoral Council and
ultimately to voters after state and municipal elections now scheduled for
November, said Freddy Bernal, a leader of Chavez's United Socialist Party.
"The purpose of this amendment is to ask the country if
they want or don't want the re-election of President Hugo Chavez," Bernal
said in a televised interview. "If we want peace, tranquility and
development in the country, Hugo Chavez must continue being president."
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