Congratulations to Venezuelans everywhere! Venezuela voted today, by a narrow margin of 51%, to reject constitutional amendments that would have drastically changed the country. President Hugo Chavez, the mind that brought the asinine half-hour-offset timezone for his country, put forth a vote for 69 amendments. The amendments included allowing infinite presidential re-elections, changing presidential terms from 6 years to 7 years, and new forms of communal property. In addition to preparing a way for him to stay in power for the rest of his life, the majority of the amendments were geared towards changing Venezuela into a fully socialist state.
Chavez took the results admirably, thanking those who opposed his proposal and noting the election proved Venezuelan democracy is maturing. So while I don’t agree with much of his politics, I give him a lot of credit for letting a democratic system run fairly.
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