Politicians can be truly blind, if not stupid. The Secretary General of the party Patria Para Todos (PPT) says in today’s El Nacional that the party will “consolidate” its regional power in the upcoming regional elections which will take place in June. PPT backed Hugo Chávez for the Presidency in 1998 giving him 142,859 or 2.19% of the vote, gaining at the time 7 Deputies of the National Assembly, 4 elected nominally, 2 by part slate and one by electoral percentage. However, the party got zero (Yes, none!) votes despite being in the ballot to support Hugo Chavez in 2000, getting exactly one Deputy to the National Assembly. Thus, they lost ground by backing Chavez in those two years. Six months later, the party had two regional figures elected; both of them were supported by Chavez’ MVR in their respective elections. I understand that from polls, one of them Gov. Manuitt from Guarico state, may be the only candidate who would win any Governorship for the parties that currently support Chavez, if the opposition fields a single candidate in each state. Now, PPT has been the only party that has supported Chavez throughout his Presidency. The party has managed to have two or three of its members in the Cabinet all these years and one of its members is President of PDVSA. But as a party, they have lost their identity, which already showed in the 2000 election, so it is really hard to believe that they would “consolidate” what they simply don’t have. Moreover, the party may even feel a backlash for its unquestionable support of Chavez
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