Talk:President for Life
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What about Kim Il-sung, the eternal president? --Kaihsu Tai 10:32, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Too bad he's dead (!?!?). This is not President for Eternity. He was never given this title while alive. --Jiang
We now have two conflicting dates on when Banda declared himself P-f-L. Please verify. --TwinsFan48
The de facto section is a net loss. We know for a fact that Saddam Hussein did not become President for Life. How do you know he wouldn't have handed power over to his sons earlier to prevent a power struggle? --Jiang 02:09, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)
We have a little problem here...Ferdinand Marcos never proclaimed himself President For Life, if i am not mistaken. Martial rule would be from 1972-1981, and then he called for national elections which he won under very dubious circumstances. He gave his authoritarian regime some semblance of legitimacy by having parliamentary elections every 3 years. But never did he proclaim himself as "President for Life". Shall his entry here be removed? - Soup
- Not just yet. I'd argue that a president who makes overt or covert constitutional changes that have the effect of removing the possiblity of him being removed constituionally (except by resignation) is a president for life. (This is my proposed definition). According to this a president for life may not serve until his death (he may be deposed or resign) and he need not proclaim himself as president for life. Now, does Marcos fit that definition? (Does Saddam?)Zeimusu 13:55, 2004 Aug 2 (UTC)
- According to the 1935 constitution from which he based his declaration of martial law, as long as martial rule is governing a country, a president may not be removed until it was lifted. After it was lifted in 1981, he called for presidential elections which he won against token opposition, giving him until 1987 to finish his term. But when 1986 came, after the tumultuous snap elections, the EDSA revolution took place protesting the allegedly fraudulent elections. So consitutionally he was still the rightful president until the constitution was overhauled in 1987. We really wouldn't know if he was a president for life.
You don't seriously belive Castro's "renewals of mandate" aren't rigged do you Zeimusu? PMA 06:27, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro are missing from the list of current presidents-for-life.
- As unpopular as those two are in the USA, I don't think they fit this category. Chavez is legally elected (though I doubt he would voluntarily give up power if he ever stood to lose an election), and more than likely, if Castro stood in a contested election, he would win too.
[edit] Idi Amin
no idi? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.146.198.203 (talk) 06:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC).
There seems to be a new edit about President George W. Bush, which goes against stating predictions of the future as fact, and seems to be uneditable.
