The MasterBlog: The Chavez government's Constitutional reforms leaked
Subscribe to The MasterBlog in a Reader Subscribe to The MasterBlog by Email

MasterBlogs Headlines

Friday, June 22, 2007

The Chavez government's Constitutional reforms leaked

Today’s leak of a 400 page report on the constitutional changes being proposed by the Chavez government is just the beginning…

From Veneconomia.com

The veil has fallen to reveal the face of doom!

This Thursday, a 400-page report was leaked to the press that supposedly contains the proponed constitutional reform being prepared within the walls of Miraflores. The kindest thing that can be said about the contents of this report is that it’s pure dynamite!

There are those who are of the opinion that it is the government itself that leaked the information in an attempt to distract people’s attention from the growing student movement that is fighting for people’s rights and freedoms, as well as to try to shut the mouths of international agencies and world leaders who are beginning to acknowledge Chávez’ dictatorial nature. VenEconomy does not consider this a likely hypothesis, as it would be simply adding fuel to the fire.

What sounds more logical is the version of those who say that the document was leaked by people who defend democracy with a view to giving some transparency to a process that the government is blatantly conducting behind closed doors. Any reform of the Constitution should be public per se, as its outcome will affect the lives of each and every Venezuelan. Until now, the exact wording of this particular reform had been the most jealously guarded secret.

It may be days, even months, before Venezuelans understand the true magnitude of what is contained in these 400 pages. But, what people need to understand and have quite clear is that, with the constitutional reform that is being proposed, Venezuela would be turned into an out-and-out communist dictatorship, and the only differences between it and the Soviet dictatorship or that of Mao Tse Tung would be any errors in translation or its geographic location; and it would differ from the Cuban regime only in that Venezuela is not an island and its dictator does not sport a beard.

Among the countless outrages contemplated in the project of you know who, is the abolition of private property as it is conceived of today in the democratic world. The reform provides for five types of property: public, social, collective and “private.” The latter would be restricted to the clothes you have on your back and, maybe, your toothbrush. The differences between these different types of property thought up by the government are very subtle and all result in the same thing: more power for the dictator.

Another outrage is that it creates parallel governments thanks to the broad powers granted the Community Councils. With a stroke of the pen, all vestiges of decentralization would be eliminated and power in the regions shifted from governors, mayors and councilors to these Community Councils, which would come directly under President Chávez tutelage.

Se cayó el velo ¡la cara es de terror!

Este jueves se filtró a los medios de comunicación social un informe de 400 páginas que supuestamente contiene la propuesta de reforma constitucional que se adelanta en los predios de Miraflores. Lo menos que puede decirse acerca de su contenido es que es ¡candela pura!

Hay quienes opinan que el emisario del documento es el mismo Gobierno, en un intento de distraer la atención del creciente movimiento estudiantil que lucha por las libertades y derechos ciudadanos, así como para tratar de tapar las voces de las instituciones internacionales y líderes mundiales que están empezando a reconocer el carácter dictatorial de Chávez. VenEonomía no considera que ésta sea una hipótesis probable ya que más bien, se le estaría echando más leña al fuego.

Suena más lógica la versión que sostiene que el documento salió de las filas de quienes defienden la democracia, a fin de darle transparencia a un proceso que el Gobierno está llevando descaradamente a puertas cerradas. La reforma a la Constitución debería ser per se público, pues lo que salga de esa reforma afectará la vida de todos y cada uno de los venezolanos. Hasta ahora, el secreto mejor guardado era la letra que estaba conformando dicha reforma.


Tal vez pasarán muchos días, quizás meses, para que los venezolanos entiendan en su justa dimensión lo que está envuelto en estas 400 páginas. Pero, lo que hay comprender y tener claro desde ya es que con la reforma Constitucional propuesta, Venezuela se transformaría en una dictadura comunista de la más pura cepa, que sólo se diferenciaría de la dictadura soviética o de la de Mao Tse Tung por los errores de traducción o por la ubicación geográfica. Y se distinguirá de la cubana, por cuanto Venezuela no es una isla, y porque el dictador no es barbudo.

Entre los innumerables desafueros que contempla el proyecto de marras, cabe mencionar que se decreta la abolición de la propiedad privada, tal como se conoce en la actualidad en el mundo democrático. La reforma prevé cinco tipos de propiedades: pública, social, colectiva, mixta y "privada". Esta última, quedaría circunscrita a la ropa que se lleve puesta y tal vez, al cepillo de dientes. Las diferencias entre esos cinco tipos de propiedad ideadas por el Gobierno, son muy sutiles y todas terminan en lo mismo: Mayor poder para el dictador.

Otro, de igual importancia, es que se crean gobiernos paralelos, con la amplia potestad que se le otorgan a los Consejos Comunales. De un plumazo se borra toda la descentralización y se desplaza del poder regional a gobernadores, alcaldes y concejales, para ustituirlos por estos consejos que estarían tutelados directamente por el presidente Chávez.

http://www.veneconomia.org.ve/site/modulos/m_visor.asp?pub=1803

No comments:

Post a Comment

Commented on The MasterBlog

Tags, Categories

news United States Venezuela Finance Money Latin America Oil Current Affairs Middle East Commodities Capitalism Chavez International Relations Israel Gold Economics NT Democracy China Politics Credit Hedge Funds Banks Europe Metals Asia Palestinians Miscellaneous Stocks Dollar Mining Corruption ForEx obama Iran UK Terrorism Africa Demographics UN Government Living Russia Bailout Military Debt Tech Islam Switzerland Philosophy Judaica Science Housing PDVSA Revolution USA War petroleo Scams articles Fed Education France Canada Security Travel central_banks OPEC Castro Colombia Nuclear freedom EU Energy Mining Stocks Diplomacy bonds India drugs Anti-Semitism Arabs populism Brazil Saudi Arabia Environment Irak Syria elections Art Cuba Food Goldman Sachs Afghanistan Anti-Israel Hamas Lebanon Silver Trade copper Egypt Hizbollah Madoff Ponzi Warren Buffett press Aviation BP Euro FARC Gaza Honduras Japan Music SEC Smuggling Turkey humor socialism trading Che Guevara Freddie Mac Geneve IMF Spain currencies violence wikileaks Agriculture Bolívar ETF Restaurants Satire communism computers derivatives Al-Qaida Bubble FT Greece Libya Mexico NY PIIGS Peru Republicans Sarkozy Space Sports stratfor BRIC CITGO DRC Flotilla Germany Globovision Google Health Inflation Law Muslim Brotherhood Nazis Pensions Uranium cnbc crime cyberattack fannieMae pakistan Apollo 11 Autos BBC Bernanke CIA Chile Climate change Congo Democrats EIA Haiti Holocaust IFTTT ISIS Jordan Labor M+A New York OAS Philanthropy Shell South Africa Tufts UN Watch Ukraine bitly carbon earthquake facebook racism twitter Atom BHP Beijing Business CERN CVG CapitalMarkets Congress Curaçao ECB EPA ETA Ecuador Entebbe Florida Gulf oil spill Harvard Hezbollah Human Rights ICC Kenya L'Oréal Large Hadron Collider MasterBlog MasterFeeds Morocco Mugabe Nobel Panama Paulson Putin RIO SWF Shiites Stats Sunnis Sweden TARP Tunisia UNHRC Uganda VC Water Yen apple berksire hathaway blogs bush elderly hft iPad journalism mavi marmara nationalization psycology sex spy taxes yuan ALCASA ANC Airbus Amazon Argentina Ariel Sharon Australia Batista Bettencourt Big Bang Big Mac Bill Gates Bin Laden Blackstone Blogger Boeing COMEX Capriles Charlie Hebdo Clinton Cocoa DSK Desalination Durban EADS Ecopetrol Elkann Entrepreneur FIAT FTSE Fannie Freddie Funds GE Hayek Helicopters Higgs Boson Hitler Huntsman Ice Cream Intel Izarra KKR Keynes Khodorskovsky Krugman LBO LSE Lex Mac Malawi Maps MasterCharts MasterLiving MasterMetals MasterTech Microsoft Miliband Monarchy Moon Mossad NYSE Namibia Nestle OWS OccupyWallStreet Oligarchs Oman PPP Pemex Perry Philippines Post Office Private Equity Property QE Rio de Janeiro Rwanda Sephardim Shimon Peres Stuxnet TMX Tennis UAV UNESCO VALE Volcker WTC WWII Wimbledon World Bank World Cup ZIRP Zapatero airlines babies citibank culture ethics foreclosures happiness history iPhone infrastructure internet jobs kissinger lahde laptops lawyers leadership lithium markets miami microfinance pharmaceuticals real estate religion startup stock exchanges strippers subprime taliban temasek ubs universities weddimg zerohedge

Subscribe via email

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

AddThis

MasterStats