Chavez Supporters Won 80% of Local Offices in Venezuela

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Chavez Supporters Won 80% of Local Offices in Venezuela

Wednesday, Aug 10, 2005

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By: Gregory Wilpert – Venezuelanalysis.com

Caracas, Venezuela, August 10, 2005 —Chavez’s party, the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR), along with other allied parties of the pro-Chavez coalition, won 80% of the city and district council seats that were up for a vote last Sunday. Of these, members of Chavez’s own MVR party won 58% of the seats.

The announcement of the number of seats pro-Chavez candidates won was made Monday by MVR National Assembly member Willian Lara, who explained that MVR candidates won 1,383 out of 2,389 city council seats. If confirmed, this means that MVR candidates won 888 more city council seats than they had won in the last local elections in December 2000, when they won only 495 seats. The successes of other parties in Chavez's governing coalition, such as Podemos, PPT (Fatherland for all), and PCV (Communist Party of Venezuela) increase this margin further.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1711

[JanMichael]

1. Tick Tock! Yeah! This is fabulous!

We may have in the making an electorial Revolution minus the guns!

I should add however that the plutocracy NEVER gives up power without utilising violence, then getting their asses kicked...

[ugarte]

2. You know who would love this? Salvador Allende...

How I wish he were still alive to witness what is happening in Venezuela. How I hope and pray the same fate that befell Allende doesn't happen to Chavez.

[K-W]

3. The election moniters said it was democratic, turnout was up,

there is a weird structure allowing them to gain extra seats, but it seems that other parties can take advantage of it.

Sounds good.

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4. that's right and for those who say Chavez is a dictator blah blah blah

we just say "do you believe in democracy?" Yes? Do you see the mandate of the Venezuelan people? Yes? Then it's easy, the people have decided.

Only a dictator would disagree with that huh?