Democracy won – Chávez a good leader
Tuesday, 4. December 2007, 13:16:15
You can’t have missed the latest referendum in Venezuela…and therefore I’ve thought of giving the correct view of the situation in Venezuela. Yes, I might not be living over there…but I can watch at the situation with other eyes than the conservatives who live in Venezuela at the moment.
Hugo Chávez proposed 33 changes to the parliament of the people before the referendum. The people worked out the proposal and all in all they were 69 propositions that the referendum was about. Two of them were the most discussed. One was about having 6 hours of work per day, instead of the current 8 hours. The other one, that was most discussed was the proposal that Hugo Chávez would be able to be president as long as the people elected him. In no way is this a dictatorial proposal as some of you may think. Now, if it would be..then Sweden would be a country run under dictatorship too. We’ve had the same prime-minister during 20 years…was that seen as dictatorial? No!
Chávez and the people of Venezuela had many good proposals as I’ve already mentioned. To distribute the power down to the people is one of the greatest proposals since people can organize themselves and do the changes they need and want.
Another proposal was a prohibition against discrimination of HBT(Heterosexual, Bisexual and Transvestits)-people. 
To lower the discrimination and try to make the people, specially in countries where the Catholic belief is well spread is one of the best steps towards a better world. One more proposal? To lower the right to vote from 18 years to 16.
Yes, Chávez lost the referendum but is he bad for Venezuela?
he isn’t! When Chávez, 1998 won the elections for the first time he won with 59% of the votes in his favour and the participation of the Venezuelans was VERY low. 1999 when the first referendum took place 42% of the Venezuelans voted in the elections and out of them 72% in favour of Chávez proposals. Since then the participation of the people has increased, which is a good step to complete democracy, something that hasn’t been seen before. Even thought the referendum was lost last Sunday, Chávez has had 11 (ELEVEN) referendum. And he lost only once…for two days ago. Let's imagine that Chávez would have won the referendum with the same amount of votes as the oposition...he would definitely have been accused of fraud! 
How about the opposition? Have they ever accepted themselves defeated? No! Have they ever tried to cooperate with the government? Almost never, only once.
/// Mizz Martínez
Hugo Chávez proposed 33 changes to the parliament of the people before the referendum. The people worked out the proposal and all in all they were 69 propositions that the referendum was about. Two of them were the most discussed. One was about having 6 hours of work per day, instead of the current 8 hours. The other one, that was most discussed was the proposal that Hugo Chávez would be able to be president as long as the people elected him. In no way is this a dictatorial proposal as some of you may think. Now, if it would be..then Sweden would be a country run under dictatorship too. We’ve had the same prime-minister during 20 years…was that seen as dictatorial? No!Chávez and the people of Venezuela had many good proposals as I’ve already mentioned. To distribute the power down to the people is one of the greatest proposals since people can organize themselves and do the changes they need and want.
Another proposal was a prohibition against discrimination of HBT(Heterosexual, Bisexual and Transvestits)-people. To lower the discrimination and try to make the people, specially in countries where the Catholic belief is well spread is one of the best steps towards a better world. One more proposal? To lower the right to vote from 18 years to 16. Yes, Chávez lost the referendum but is he bad for Venezuela?
he isn’t! When Chávez, 1998 won the elections for the first time he won with 59% of the votes in his favour and the participation of the Venezuelans was VERY low. 1999 when the first referendum took place 42% of the Venezuelans voted in the elections and out of them 72% in favour of Chávez proposals. Since then the participation of the people has increased, which is a good step to complete democracy, something that hasn’t been seen before. Even thought the referendum was lost last Sunday, Chávez has had 11 (ELEVEN) referendum. And he lost only once…for two days ago. Let's imagine that Chávez would have won the referendum with the same amount of votes as the oposition...he would definitely have been accused of fraud! How about the opposition? Have they ever accepted themselves defeated? No! Have they ever tried to cooperate with the government? Almost never, only once. /// Mizz Martínez
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