Sunday, December 07, 2008

The Chávez message

On Monday the PSUV will start the process of getting signatures for the constitutional amendment eliminating presidential term limits. A member of the legislature, Carlos Escarrá, had a two-pronged message:

First, if Chávez were no longer in power, it would spark political and social crisis. Second, the municipal elections demonstrated that even the elected opposition was fascist.

So will the crisis message resonate? This is going to be fascinating process and, by all indications, it will also be a very rapid one.

2 comments:

Anonymous,  10:23 AM  

there will be another message. If I don't win I go, I leave you. Is this or nothing.

Justin Delacour 3:43 AM  

Second, the municipal elections demonstrated that even the elected opposition was fascist.

It's cute how you cherry-pick only the most hyperbolic part of the statement while overlooking the part that is more likely to resonate: the allegation that the opposition threatens the social missions.

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