At a time that Venezuelans are clamoring for a referendum (which can be called by the National Assembly at any time). The week after the Vice-President (not the President, who refused to sign it, which was requested by the opposition)signed the declaration of principles with the OAS, which includes a dialogue to solve the political crisis of Venezuela, the National Assembly with the vote of only Chavez’ MVR party approved yesterday modifications to the Electoral Law. If approved by the President and the Cabinet, this will become the law. What is the problem?. Well, only that according to the Venezuelan Constitution, article 298, there can be no changes to the law between the day of an election and the previous six months. This means there can be no elections for the next six months. Will they also change in in six months and so on and so forth?
Curiously, only a year and a half ago, when he was still popular, Hugo Chavez refused to sign the so-called Declaration of Quebec, because he did not believe in “representative” democracy, but something more primitive called “participatory” democracy in which people have the right to have everything decided by referenda. How times change, no?
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