11 Facts About Term limits

When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life".

Term limits returned in Medieval Europe through the Novgorod Republic, the Pskov Republic, the Republic of Genoa, and the Republic of Florence.

Term limits was initially subject to a maximum of two five-year terms, but the term was then lengthened to ten years and the term limit was removed.

Philippines established term limits following independence from the United States, but they were abolished by Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s.

Term limits were one of the major demands of protesters during the Arab Spring.

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Term limits are an element of constitutionalism that serves to limit the negative effects of democracy.

Parties respond to the implementation of term limits by recruiting candidates for office on more partisan lines.

Term limits have not reduced campaign spending, nor have they reduced the gender gap in political representation, nor have they increased the diversity of law-makers, and they have not increased the constituent service activities of law-makers.

Between 1960 and 2010, more than one quarter of term-limited presidents successfully extended or violated their term limits to stay in power, and the enforcement of term limits is recognized as one of the great challenges in democratic development.

Term limits typically receive greater domestic and international recognition than other mechanisms of democracy, and attempts to violate term limits are typically met with strong resistance by a country's population and on the world stage.

The violation of term limits is strongly correlated with democratic backsliding and the erosion of human rights.