Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)

Since the historic victory of the left in Uruguay (2005), it has been possible to use or even misuse the presidential veto on the basis of simple personal or moral precepts, putting into question the democratic legitimacy of such a procedure. From the cross-perspective analysis of the two most contr...

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Autor principal:	Damien Larrouqué
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Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2020
Materias:	veto amnesty abortion democracy Uruguay Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:db4c9453b1d041cfa0e53b5eb33b08632021-12-02T10:34:15ZUsage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.80091https://doaj.org/article/db4c9453b1d041cfa0e53b5eb33b08632020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/80091https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Since the historic victory of the left in Uruguay (2005), it has been possible to use or even misuse the presidential veto on the basis of simple personal or moral precepts, putting into question the democratic legitimacy of such a procedure. From the cross-perspective analysis of the two most controversial reforms of the last thirty years in the country, this article aims to explain the reasons why President Mujica, following the controversial decision of his predecessor, President Vázquez, to veto the law decriminalizing abortion which had been approved by his own parliamentary majority (2008), refused acting in the same way against the law repealing the military amnesty (2011), while he was supported by public opinion. Contested use in one case and surprising rejection in the other, veto power is a discretionary constitutional weapon, for which we try to break the mystery in the Uruguayan case.Damien LarrouquéCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticlevetoamnestyabortiondemocracyUruguayAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2020)
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description	Since the historic victory of the left in Uruguay (2005), it has been possible to use or even misuse the presidential veto on the basis of simple personal or moral precepts, putting into question the democratic legitimacy of such a procedure. From the cross-perspective analysis of the two most controversial reforms of the last thirty years in the country, this article aims to explain the reasons why President Mujica, following the controversial decision of his predecessor, President Vázquez, to veto the law decriminalizing abortion which had been approved by his own parliamentary majority (2008), refused acting in the same way against the law repealing the military amnesty (2011), while he was supported by public opinion. Contested use in one case and surprising rejection in the other, veto power is a discretionary constitutional weapon, for which we try to break the mystery in the Uruguayan case.
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title	Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
title_short	Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
title_full	Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
title_fullStr	Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
title_full_unstemmed	Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
title_sort	usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)
publisher	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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Usage et mésusage du véto présidentiel en Uruguay : le cas des lois sur l’avortement (2008) et l’amnistie (2011)

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