Nicolas Maduro is Walking on a Dangerous Territory Ignoring the Constitution

After badly losing the Parliamentary election on December 6, the Maduro government has decided to blatantly disregard the will of the Venezuelan people by creating a “Communal Resource Office”, simulating the National Assembly, and appointing the 22 Assembly men and women who lost their re-election. The objective of this mockery of Assembly is to contest in court the legitimacy of 22 Assembly personal that won the elections fair and square early this month. This absurd move by the regime is to guarantee disruption of the Democratic process that should take place on the first week of January, when the newly elected 112 Parliamentary men an women take office and begin their work restoring democracy and the respect for the law and the constitution in Venezuela.

Nicolas  Maduro, instead of revising its failing economic and social policies, continues  to ignore the reasons why the Venezuelan people voted against his regime. Lets refresh their memory: the long lines people have to endure to buy the little food left in Venezuela, the lack of products, the lack of medicines, the lack of jobs, the rampant crime, the list goes on and on. 

Nicolas Maduro and his narco –state has embarked in an Anti-Democratic mission, which will bring even more chaos and conflict to the already divided nation. This New Year, the government will face an unprecedented economic and social crisis with the continuing drop of oil prices in this once rich country. Maduro is walking on a dangerous territory which inevitably will lead to an implosion when the people of Venezuela come to the realization that they have being mocked and their votes has been blatantly disregarded by this power hungry Totalitarian Regime.

Maduro Threatens to keep Control of the Parliament if he loses December 6 Elections

In one of his shameful television transmissions addressing the Nation this past Thursday, Nicolas Maduro threatened the Opposition and the Venezuelan people that “if, hypothetically, the opposition wins parliamentary elections on December 6,  he would “not give the revolution away” and would continue governing with the "people" and a "civic-military" government. Maduro said that if the Opposition wins, Venezuela would be in one of the “murkiest” stages of its political life and he would defend the revolution in moving it to a new “phase.” In other words, he will continue his dictatorial regime, holding the National Assembly hostage while disregarding the will of the Venezuelan people.

 

Maduro’s reaction came after the recent survey from Datacorp which indicated that the opposition would get 56% of the December votes and Chavism 39 %.  82% of Venezuelans considered Maduro’s management bad and negative. Back in June a survey done by the same company indicated 70%. Clearly a strong  anti-Maduro sentiment is growing in the country.

In addition to these bleak polling results, Maduro's popularity fell to 24.3 percent due to the highest inflation ever seen, shortages of food and above all the uncontrolled delinquency that has placed Venezuela as one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

In addition to the country’s discontent, recent events are piling up over Maduro’s

way of running the country and his dictatorial tactics.  This is the case of prosecutor Franklin Nieves, one of the Leopoldo Lopez prosecutors. Nieves who escaped Venezuela and is now in Miami seeking asylum, said that he had orders "from the number one (Nicolas Maduro)” to develop arrest warrants against the leader of VP (Voluntad Popular) Leopoldo Lopez.  According to Nieves, he lied to the Venezuelan people and to the world when he presented the case of Leopoldo Lopez, accusing him of inciting violence.  Nieves calls Leopoldo Lopez the political prisoner of Maduro’s. his past September. Leopoldo Lopez was convicted to 14 years in prison for “inciting violence” against the regime

Counselor of the U.S. State Department, Thomas Shannon, has threatened Venezuela with additional sanctions if Maduro engages in such undemocratic tactics. Shannon described as crucial that “citizens are able to freely choose their leaders in the legislative elections scheduled for December 6. “

I strongly believe that Maduro should be removed from office before Venezuelan engages in an implosion and more lives continue to be lost as a result of political civil. The OAS and the UN have a responsibility with the Venezuelan people and with the democracy in the region in order to avoid another Syria.