According to rules set by a referendum last year, the president will serve for four years and be able to serve two consecutive terms.

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Mr Chavez wants presidents to serve two consecutive terms of six years apiece (instead of terms of five years, which cannot be consecutive, as at present).

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Court officials failed to notify the state Department of Corrections that Ebel was supposed to serve two consecutive four-year terms for assaulting a prison guard, so the department let him out early.

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