Some will tell me that more than a necessity, it is an urgency. But my analysis in this note goes in another direction. While it is true that it is urgent that those who illegitimately hold power in Venezuela leave in order to proceed with the changes that the population requires, the population has been convinced, in my opinion in a very irresponsible manner, that by changing one President for another in an election "with conditions", things in Venezuela will change like someone who suddenly wakes up from a nightmare.
The parties that call themselves opponents are getting ready to "compete" in "primary" elections to select a "candidate" who will compete against the regime and that from this "fair" will come out the answer to all our misfortunes. And the worst of all this is that the message we are sending to the four corners of the planet is that in Venezuela things can be solved in this way with a regime that persecutes, kidnaps and murders people to stay in power. How far can this contradiction be maintained?
The "pre-candidates" of these "primaries" are campaigning all over Venezuela, claiming that we are in a dictatorship, without realizing that in the eyes of the world that does not know us, anyone would say that if this were so, there would be no primaries or any possibility of elections to get out of the regime. Cartesian logic would say that either we are in a dictatorship and there is no possibility of elections of any kind, or this is a complete theater of that dictatorship to stay in power.
And since we are not in a dictatorship, but in a militarized narco-tyranny, as my dear friend Diego Arria rightly baptized it, then the logical conclusion would be that what we are witnessing in Venezuela with the electoral show -primaries included- is a great set-up to, once again, eternalize the criminals in power.
And if there were any possibility of achieving a new president by some means, after the militarized narco-tyranny, including the electoral one -not by the counting of the votes of the regime but by a social rebellion resulting from another open fraud to the will of the Venezuelan people- what would necessarily have to follow could never be a constitutional period like the ones we used to have during the 40 years of democracy, but a government of transition and national emergency capable of neutralizing the criminals who now rule, who would not meekly leave the country, and who would take refuge in violence to avoid their capture for the crimes they have committed against the country and Venezuelans. That would be the real scenario we would live in Venezuela after these criminals leave power, by whatever means.
Then this Narnia farce, where some "candidates" pretend to reach the Presidency of the Republic meekly with the votes, with a militarized narco-tyranny in power, should come clean to Venezuelans, and that all those who really believe in the facts that we are actually facing, start by telling things as they are, convening to establish clear strategies for the achievement of this transitional government and among all of them decide who could be the one to lead it.
And there it does not matter who has more sympathy from the voters, because Venezuelans are already fed up with that, because it is no longer a question of votes, but of ethical, moral and political legitimacy of those who have the willingness to face the hard roads that must be traveled in order to establish that transition government. The goal of these people must be one and only one: to remove tyranny from power. The votes will decide, after that transition, who will lead the destiny of the country.
Did the votes decide the transition of Venezuela in 1945? Did the votes decide the Government Junta of 1958? The votes decided the government of Rómulo Gallegos in 1947, after a Constituent Assembly that defined the Civil Rights of Venezuelans, and the votes decided the government of Rómulo Betancourt in 1958, after a Pact of Punto Fijo that defined the longest period of peace, progress, democracy and freedom that Venezuela has ever had, and that produced a Constitution in 1961 in which we all agreed on a minimum of coexistence.
Something of such political greatness is the least we Venezuelans can demand. No one can swallow what is happening politically in Venezuela. Parties that went crazy and ended up with an internationally recognized Presidency-in-Charge, in front of a country that was left stunned with practically no opposition political leadership. What a shame in front of the whole world! A country that was capable of giving birth to an extraordinary generation of politicians capable of reaching agreements of such magnitude, has been transformed into a country that exhibits political beggars as its calling cards.
Sure as we are that Venezuela is in the hands of criminals, we must use the votes for when they can work for the good of democracy. What we need today is to formalize a great Pact among true democrats, as was done in the Quinta Punto Fijo on October 31, 1958, of those who, putting aside their ego, will take a step forward to rescue the country, and whose first commitment with Venezuelans is the Refoundation of Venezuela through a Constituent process, as was done in 1946, while constituting a transitional government among all to take charge of the administration of what is left after the narco-criminals burn Venezuela on all four sides before leaving, because that is what they will do.
Who will preside over this Transition Government? Decide among yourselves! Among those who have demonstrated the greatest State experience, ethics, personal and professional moral honesty, wisdom, teamwork and, above all, national and international political recognition. Is it very difficult to find a Venezuelan with these conditions and who will not betray the aspiration of all of us to recover the Nation? I do not think so. But it will be very difficult if they look for one among those who have cannibalized each other in the official opposition, seeking power and not our welfare.
In 1993, the parties sought this figure when the pillars of democracy were shaken after the removal of an incumbent President, due to the stupidity of a decadent political class. Well, it seems that we are in a similar situation. Although the solution was late, because the real mistake had already been made and it has cost us the presence of Hugo Chávez in Venezuelan politics, Ramón J. Velásquez led the ship to the port of a new election with a lot of work. Will Venezuelan politicians be able to be tall enough to assume this challenge? The answer to this question will define the destiny of Venezuela...
Caracas, April 29, 2023
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