| lightbleeder said:He has violated the constitution several times but he has a lot of control in other branches of the state, private TV stations will cease to send over the air signals when their concession ends because Chavez doesn't want anything bad to be said about his government, he keeps dividing our people, insulting people that don't agree with him...
Jackson50 if you ever come to Venezuela and you say something against Chavez you will be expelled, the Human Rights Watch guy assigned to South America was expelled because he said some mild stuff about the governement, never before a person from HRW was expellled from a South American country. Lech Walesa wasn't allowed to visit and a spanish deputy was expelled just on friday! You can say that still this is nothing compared to the other guys I mentioned, but what if someday things get to that point? Do I have to live with that possibility? Something else, you talk about the recall in 2004, do you know that for that recall to happen the population has to gather more than 6 million signatures? AND THAT THOSE SIGNATURES ARE MADE PUBLIC?? Yeah anyone could know who signed and who didn't, and of course people working for the government feard that if they siogned they could lose their job, which happenned to the people that had the balls to sign |
I understand your concern. As you can attest from this thread and the discussion you and I had, I am not a Chavez apologist. With that being said, I also tend not to overreact to an event. This referendum was not the same power grab as the 2007 referendum. Does it increase the possibility that Chavez may abuse his power? Yes, I think it does. Does it grant him the absolute power the leaders you mentioned enjoy? No, it does not.
