Via the BBC:  Vote may allow Bolivia president to seek re-election

Bolivia’s Congress has voted to amend the constitution to allow the country’s President Evo Morales to run for re-election again in five years’ time.

The vote went through by a two-thirds majority in a congress dominated by his supporters.

He has been in power since 2005, but the amendment discounts his first two terms, as those elections took place under a previous constitution.

The amendment is to go to a national referendum next February.

Without getting into the question of term limits, I must confess:  I am not a fan of amending rules as a way of potentially engineering a sitting president a chance to extend time in office.  Having said that, there is little doubt that Morales is quite popular:

Mr Morales is one of the most popular presidents in the world, with ratings standing at over 70%.

Morales’ stated goal is to remain in the presidency since 2025–and he has been in office since 2005.  Twenty years of the same executive  encourages personalism and hampers party development.