Post by scumbuster on Apr 28, 2016 6:23:10 GMT -5
Venezuela Opposition Leader Says Maduro Recall to Take Place By End of Year
CARACAS -- Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles said Wednesday morning that the recall vote for President Nicolas Maduro could take place in early November, late December of this year at the latest.
“There is a democratic way and we have to impose the democratic way, the democratic way will not impose itself,” Capriles said during a live radio interview with La Mega, a Caracas station. “By their own schedule (the government’s), we are looking at the vote being held in late November, early December, even taking the 227 days schedule to the limit.”
Capriles told host Luis Chataing that more than 70% of Venezuelans want a recall vote against Maduro to be held.
The CNE electoral authority initiated the recall process when it handed out to the opposition a crucial document Tuesday afternoon: the form to be used to collect the 200,000 signatures needed to start the process, equivalent to 1% of all registered voters, some 19 million-plus Venezuelans -- including a new added interpretation that the government-packed CNE imposed -- 1% of the registered voters from EACH state.
CNE, which held on for two months before delivering the form for the signatures, has not announced a definitive date for when the vote can be effectively held. This will be the second Presidential recall vote, or referendum, since the 1999 Constitution drafted by former President Hugo Chavez was approved.
If the vote takes place before January 10th 2017, new Presidential elections are to be held. If after that date, Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz -- or whoever is then occupying that office on that day -- will finish Maduro’s term.
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Vice President Isturiz announced yesterday that the number of working days for government workers has been reduced, again, to only two a week, Monday and Tuesday, in what he described as a bid to save electricity. However, commentators such as veteran journalist Alberto Federico Ravell said the government is only trying to prolong the vote past the January 10th deadline. Already, the working week for the public sector was only four days long, with workers being ordered to take all Fridays off for two months.
Workers -- including the CNE reportedly -- will only work 4 hours on Monday and 4 hours on Tuesday of every week.
laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2410949&CategoryId=10717
CARACAS -- Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles said Wednesday morning that the recall vote for President Nicolas Maduro could take place in early November, late December of this year at the latest.
“There is a democratic way and we have to impose the democratic way, the democratic way will not impose itself,” Capriles said during a live radio interview with La Mega, a Caracas station. “By their own schedule (the government’s), we are looking at the vote being held in late November, early December, even taking the 227 days schedule to the limit.”
Capriles told host Luis Chataing that more than 70% of Venezuelans want a recall vote against Maduro to be held.
The CNE electoral authority initiated the recall process when it handed out to the opposition a crucial document Tuesday afternoon: the form to be used to collect the 200,000 signatures needed to start the process, equivalent to 1% of all registered voters, some 19 million-plus Venezuelans -- including a new added interpretation that the government-packed CNE imposed -- 1% of the registered voters from EACH state.
CNE, which held on for two months before delivering the form for the signatures, has not announced a definitive date for when the vote can be effectively held. This will be the second Presidential recall vote, or referendum, since the 1999 Constitution drafted by former President Hugo Chavez was approved.
If the vote takes place before January 10th 2017, new Presidential elections are to be held. If after that date, Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz -- or whoever is then occupying that office on that day -- will finish Maduro’s term.
MORE TRICKS
Vice President Isturiz announced yesterday that the number of working days for government workers has been reduced, again, to only two a week, Monday and Tuesday, in what he described as a bid to save electricity. However, commentators such as veteran journalist Alberto Federico Ravell said the government is only trying to prolong the vote past the January 10th deadline. Already, the working week for the public sector was only four days long, with workers being ordered to take all Fridays off for two months.
Workers -- including the CNE reportedly -- will only work 4 hours on Monday and 4 hours on Tuesday of every week.
laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2410949&CategoryId=10717