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Chavez January 10 inauguration could be delayed, suggests top Bolivarian official
For the first time a government official in Venezuela has raised the possibility that Hugo Chavez's January 10 inauguration could be delayed as the president struggles to recover from his latest cancer surgery in Cuba. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell it's seem Venezuela may well soon find itself in the same shoes as Paraguay.
Dec 21st, 2012 - 06:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0What is good for the goose is good for the gander!
Failure to inaugurate a president on January 10th calls for new elections. Failure to do so would mean that Venezuela's democratic institutions and credentials are just as damaged as Paraguay's were. If parliament has anyone else acting as president then this is akin to a coup.
So suspension from UNASUR and Mercosur until a new president is elected.
The opinion of the Venezuelan parliament and courts is unimportant; again just like Paraguay.
Karma!
There is a long black train waiting for Chavez..
Dec 21st, 2012 - 08:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0They will probably postpone until they can fathom a way of connecting an operating microphone on the banks of the river Styx
Dec 21st, 2012 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mercosan logic will prevail and determine this is different than Paraguay. lol Technically if the sitting president's term end and the new is not sworn in, there is not president of venezuela.
Dec 21st, 2012 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Technically if he isn't sworn in an election must be called as Chevez is no longer president.
Dec 21st, 2012 - 03:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So unless that happens the constitution has not been followed. It's a technical coup.
Or course Mercosur logic will be followed. I don't expect the same thing will happen. I clearly expect a case of double standards.
@2 Bubba
Dec 21st, 2012 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0For those who believe in the RC 'faith' the rider of the Green Horse awaits Dead Man Not Walking (he's lying on his death bed: after two lung infections, another one usually proves fatal).
One can only hope. That would settle it surely?
Like in Argentina he got 54% of the vote...which to them means that they won a landslide. The other 46% are just not important.
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 07 Mendoza Canadian
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, you have spotted the obvious (to anyone with a brain in their head) almost magical 54%.
They mustn't report 52.2% because to the SA mind that is no different to 50% plus a bit and that would not be a win. And why not 53.8%? Mmm, that is also too low!
So like Goldilocks and the three bears 54% is just right.
You couldn’t make it up. :o)
So Chubby had a tracheotomy (slice his throat for an airway to breath), He is on live support, is reported to be unconscious. The chavistas ruled out a new election because “the people voted for Chubby”. What is wrong with that picture.......so much for constitutions meaning anything to south americans. This man is all but dead and they are refusing a new election, where is the mercosur uproar of democracy for the people?
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't worry; I have a new life-like doll of Dead Man Not Walking with extra strength pins to stick in it.
The old hag I brought it from told me TMBOA has them fashioned in bulk to match her enemies!
Oh dear, just spotted a problem in that, hers don't work!
LOLs, not long now.
She must have 1000s of argentine middleclass. Where is the bitch hiding these days?
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@11
Dec 23rd, 2012 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, that is good question. No rantings and foaming at the mouth either of late.
Anybody know if TMBOA has been on TV lately?
Lets hope the hypo-blood pressure problem has proved too much and she has not recovered from the 'last' faint.
That would be an excellent start for the New Year.
He's right, if Chavez can go on being President but can't be in a particualr place at a particular time on a particular date, because his life depends on being somewhere else, thats hardly reason to call new elections! Or maybe he could be sworn in in hospital? LBJ was sworn in on Airforce 1 straight after Kennedy was shot; having a President trumped fancy ceremony...
Dec 24th, 2012 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0#12 Don't worry, she'll be back =) So am I =)
@13 British_Kirchnerist
Dec 24th, 2012 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually you are wrong. According to Artice 231 of the Venezuelan constitution implemented by none other than Chavez:
“The candidate elected shall take office as President of the Republic on January 10 of the first year of his constitutional term, by taking an oath before the National Assembly. If for any supervening reason, the person elected President of the Republic cannot be sworn in before the National Assembly, he shall take the oath of office before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice”
The debate is already starting but it would seem that he can only be sworn in in Venezuela itself. A US comparison has no standing simply because that is due to the US Constitution.
If he is not sworn in then technically he is not the President. According to Article 233 a new election must be held within 30 days. Some are arguing that due to Article 234 the Vice President can rule in a President's place for 180 days. However even this has issues as it will depend on whether Chavez is permanently incapacitated or not.
The Venezuelan constitution is not a very old document so doesn't have the benefit of nearly 200 years of use and interpretation that the US constitution does.
Twisting the meaning of the document to serve the purpose of one man can be a dangerous precedent and doesn't bode well for the future when such an interpretation and precedent could be used for a different purpose.
The constitution is supposed to be greater than any one person. Unfortunately there are many in Venezuela who are contorting their beliefs at this very moment and forgetting this. The constitution was always meant to survive Chavez, people should remember that otherwise the whole edifice will start to crumble sooner rather than later.
BK you're back! I thought you only post just before they close the article.
Dec 24th, 2012 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are right BK, why follow the constitution when their president on life support. I mean they can just alter it to fit their need like they all do.
Dead Man Not Walking has steadfastedly since his original term as President removed the operating system of the Government so that HE is the government.
Dec 24th, 2012 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No-one else can take the decisions in his absence, that is why everything in Venezuela will fail no matter who is in charge.
Perhaps they can carry him in a mobile life support unit to make his pledge. He could always raise a finger, left index for YES (being a commie it must be his left) and his right index finger for NO.
With a bit of luck the excitement will see him off and they can chuck him on the bonfire without further ado.
I would pay money to witness that.
Chavez himself, implies that the country should abide by the constitution by urging Venezuelans to vote for the former bus driver if there were a new presidential election.
Dec 26th, 2012 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BAD NEWS FOLKS (if you can believe it).
Dec 26th, 2012 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BsAs Herald reports that one of Dead Man Not Walkings' minions telephoned Chavez in Cuba and he has told the country that Chavez is out of bed and walking and talking. Chavez gave him instructions about the 2013 budget apparently.
Can't wait to see him arrive in time for Jan 10th. ;o)
ChrisR really...you beileve that? You know the three biggest lies in the world?
Dec 26th, 2012 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 01- the checks in the mail
2-really.....I love you
3- Of couse I won't _um in your mouth
now they added a 4th
4- chubby is wup, excercising and doing well.
They need to keep this up until they can fake it past January 10th. Ever see “Weekend at Bernies”? Now it “a month a Raul's”
They can bury him after the 10th when the bus driver takes over.
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