The Road To Dictatorship

Caracas – Venezuelan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely, the final step before the proposal goes before voters in a referendum.

Allies of Chavez, who hold a strong majority within the 167-seat National Assembly, overwhelmingly voted in favor of lifting term limits for all elected officials. Six lawmakers opposed the measure, while five abstained.

Election officials have yet to set a date for the referendum, but Chavez says it could be held as early as Feb. 15.
Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, is barred under the constitution from seeking re-election in 2012.

The Venezuelan people already voted on this issue back in 2007 and they voted NO to amend the constitution, now he wants another referendum, why? He must feel that he may have enough votes to edge out the opposition or he found a way to fix the vote without getting caught. A great admirer of Fidel Castro whose socialist revolution has wrecked the island of Cuba he is fast on his way to accomplish the same thing for Venezuela. Like Fidel, Hugo Chavez also has a thick skull and does not yet realize that socialism does not work especially in a poor country like his. People just don't produce well under oppression and without liberty. National Capitalism is the best answer this Latin-American nation, this hemisphere does not need another communist dictator and Venezuela does not need Chavez.