According to the official results released by the CNE to Venezuelans, the vote to see if people wanted to enact the indefinite reelection to all popular elected offices, was as follows:
"Yes" 54,36%
"No" 45,63%
This puts Venezuela and Cuba as the only Latin American countries where their popular elected leaders can repeat period after period without any limit. Unfortunately, this step is negative for the Venezuelan democracy because its political system is now more centralized and the government continues accumulating power on the figure of a man, which goes against the democratic principles of alternation in power and citizen participation.
You should realize that the result reflects Venezuela's people will, it's a democratic decision.
ReplyDeleteIn the US congress a Senator can stay in power many periods, for example the current vice president of the US Joseph Biden lasted 36 yeas as senator when he resigned to become Vice President.
Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts has been senator for 46 years,
Robert Byrd form West Virginia has been senator for 50 years,
They were democratically elected,
Democracy is good in every case, no just in case when we are agree with people decision.
Jose
Hi anonymous. We are critics of the reelections in Venezuela, USA or any other region of the world. We invite you to read these other articles:
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