Nicolás Maduro Calls for New Venezuelan Constitution

[Dashinka 24,974]

It's been a while since we heard from that Socialist paradise train wreck known as Venezuela.  I guess Maduro is doing anything he can to stay in power.

 

By

Kejal Vyas

Updated May 1, 2017 11:37 p.m. ET

 

CARACAS—Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro on Monday signed an order to convene a special assembly to redraft the country’s constitution, the latest in a string of efforts to retain power in the face of mounting protests and civil unrest.

Mr. Maduro called for a vote—though it remained unclear among whom—to elect a so-called constituent assembly, which would in theory become the nation’s highest authority.

The opposition responded by pledging to intensify antigovernment demonstrations. They called on protesters to block roads beginning as early as 6 a.m. Tuesday in rejection of what they said was the leftist leader’s latest attempt to violate democratic order and avoid elections that polls show his ruling Socialist Party would overwhelmingly lose.

 

“Don’t let yourselves be fooled. This is a fraud, a coup d’état,” said Julio Borges, who leads the country’s congress, the National Assembly.

Mr. Maduro fired back by saying, “I am no Mussolini.”

“We need to transform the state, especially that rotten National Assembly over there,” Mr. Maduro told red-clad supporters at a May Day rally in downtown Caracas, referring to the country’s congress.

Mr. Maduro said a constituent assembly would ease Venezuela’s crippling economic crisis, guarantee peace and beat back what he alleges are efforts to destabilize his administration, without explaining in detail how. “I don’t want a civil war,” he added.

 

But legal experts said Mr. Maduro’s decision was a last-ditch effort to sideline his rivals who control the National Assembly. While Mr. Maduro has largely neutered the legislature by barring it from passing laws, lawmakers have warned international investors that any deals with the government would be illegal unless approved by congress, curtailing the cash-strapped Maduro administration’s ability to secure credit lines overseas.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/nicolas-maduro-calls-for-new-venezuelan-constitution-1493681176

[IAMX 3,055]

The desperate last throes of a failing socialist state.

[Dashinka 24,974]

22 minutes ago, IAMX said:

The desperate last throes of a failing socialist state.

We can only hope!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Yeah!!! Rosneft should make a killing!!! (And others..)

http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-russia-igor-sechin-dossier-2017-1

 

[IAMX 3,055]

40 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Yeah!!! Rosneft should make a killing!!! (And others..)

http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-russia-igor-sechin-dossier-2017-1

 

Wrong topic?

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

This is what the Democratic party wants the US  to look like.

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1 hour ago, IAMX said:

Wrong topic?

You forget, it is all Trump's fault.  Socialist paradise collapses, it's Trump's fault, Russian Oil company makes money, it is Trump's fault.....

[IAMX 3,055]

4 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

You forget, it is all Trump's fault.  Socialist paradise collapses, it's Trump's fault, Russian Oil company makes money, it is Trump's fault.....

So true. 

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

This is what the Democratic party wants the US  to look like.

That's supposed to be a secret. Who tipped you off?

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 hours ago, IAMX said:

So true. 

And the left, don't forget to blame the left!!!

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, Teddy B said:

That's supposed to be a secret. Who tipped you off?

The far left has said before that we need a new constitution because the one we have is out of date. Also don't forget that it is racist because it was written by slave owners.

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

The far left has said before that we need a new constitution because the one we have is out of date. Also don't forget that it is racist because it was written by slave owners.

If there's anything worse than the left, it's the far left. They're always looking to ruin the America the slave owners wanted, I hate them all!

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16 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

If there's anything worse than the left, it's the far left. They're always looking to ruin the America the slave owners wanted, I hate them all!

 

I blame it on the lack of secrecy of their plan. Every time there is new plan, someone gets wind of it, and denounces it. If they were more secret about it I am sure Obama would have accomplished his evil plan, that everyone in the alt-right knew what it was. Also, the left needs to start publishing their plans to the other people on the left. As it stands, only the MDRs get wind of the left's plans. I am convinced there is a mole amongst the left.

Edited May 3, 2017 by CaliCat

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1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

The far left has said before that we need a new constitution because the one we have is out of date. Also don't forget that it is racist because it was written by slave owners.

The best thing the Founding Fathers did was to make it difficult to change the Constitution.

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2 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

The far left has said before that we need a new constitution because the one we have is out of date. Also don't forget that it is racist because it was written by slave owners.

Careful, you'll start a whole new movement of white guilt and self-loathing.