Special Envoy to Caracas
Alfredo hesitated for a long time to go to his polling station in Chacao, an affluent district of Caracas, for the municipal and regional elections. 3000 positions are to be filled in the country, including 23 governors and 320 mayors. “
The last time I voted was in 2015
,” he explains.
The opposition had won a large victory in Parliament by winning two-thirds of the seats. But then the government withdrew all power from Parliament. ”
The anti-Chavist opposition called for abstention in the following 4 elections: constituent and regional in 2017, presidential in 2018, parliamentarians in 2020.
The MUD (coalition of opposition parties) considered that the conditions were not met for a fair and honest ballot: the National Electoral Council was made up only of Chavist rectors, many parties and politicians had lost their authorization, and the Chavistas had the resources of the State.
Result: a
"triumph"
of the Chavistas
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