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Originally Posted by Chris Well said
Chavez may not be an angel by any means, that said he is still a lot better than his opposition. Time and time again I here the media pouncing all over Chavez as some crazy, soon to be dictator, without anyone bothering to point out the contempt of his opposition for the democratic process.
Instead of plotting an ill conceived coup d'etat, the opposition should have taken their electoral defeat as a cue to reform their platform and do some house cleaning. For all his short comings, Chavez is a democratically elected leader and popular with the majority of the country's population.
As for the removal of term limits, so what? Here in Canada there are no term limits, yet are system still holds up fine. |
Kettle meet pot prior to Chavez winning the elections he himself attempted a coup de'ta. While in office Chavez has done away with the bicameral legislature, rewritten the Constitution, used the new Constitution to pack the courts, eliminated the freedom of the press, and according to freedomhouse.org has reduced overall Venezuelan freedoms.