Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote

[WanderAimlessly]

What will now be next?

**Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.

“I understand and accept that the proposal I made was quite profound and intense,” he said after voters narrowly rejected the sweeping constitutional reforms by 51 percent to 49 percent.

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Even though he is saying one thing, I expect there will be reprisals including against the Catholic Church in Venezuela

Foes of the reform effort - including Roman Catholic leaders, media freedom groups, human rights groups and prominent business leaders - said it would have granted Chavez unchecked power and imperiled basic rights.

and the US. I also expect more Marxist type actions.

 

[stbruno]

Outwardly Chavez admits the defeat but inwardly, I can guarantee something else is afoot. We need to pray for our South American cousins that there will not be reprisals too horrible to even think of.

 

[Biblioassistant]

Somehow, I don’t think we’ve seen the end of him. However, I credit HM Juan Carlos for giving Senor Chavez a much needed smackdown. Maybe that was what it took for the electorate to see how small the bully really was.

 

[b_justb]

Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote

 

[mangy_dog]

What will now be next?
Even though he is saying one thing, I expect there will be reprisals including against the Catholic Church in Venezuela and the US. I also expect more Marxist type actions.

I pray that both you and I are wrong but, I feel that Chavez is probably going to “kick it up a couple of covert notches”, followed by “I am the heroe that’s going to save our people from these terrorist,…yada yada” followed with possible state of seige and martial law after that. What he does in secret will set up and justify his overt actions. I pray for all the catholic clergy men and women. I hope I’m wrong.

Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

I pray that both you and I are wrong but, I feel that Chavez is probably going to “kick it up a couple of covert notches”, followed by “I am the heroe that’s going to save our people from these terrorist,…yada yada” followed with possible state of seige and martial law after that. What he does in secret will set up and justify his overt actions. I pray for all the catholic clergy men and women. I hope I’m wrong.

Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.

I have a feeling we are not. Marxist (as well as other radical socialist like the Nazi were) are a violent bunch. They see it as a means to an end.

 

[Corki]

This morning on the Catholic Channel, the guest was a Latin American specialist from (I think) the Center for Public Policy.

Her take was that this was a way to open the door for Chavez to get his way using the legislative and court process.

This doesn’t really stop him from doing most of the things he wanted to do. He wrote the constitution, remember. The only restriction he currently has, in practical terms, is the term limit. If he makes the changes via the courts that include redistricting and appointing representatives w/out elections, he will just bring the unlimited term issue up sometime before 2012.

The vote was 51 to 49%. I have no reason to believe that all of a sudden he was using a valid election process. He was under a lot of pressure, even from other socialist leaders, to back off from this method. He can now say he used the election process, there is no “mandate” against him and present this as a vote “for” change but executed in a different manner. He will, of course, blame the Bishops and the US for interfereing and preventing the landslide he predicted.

 

[mangy_dog]

I have a feeling we are not. Marxist (as well as other radical socialist like the Nazi were) are a violent bunch. They see it as a means to an end.

Chavez is definitely neo-nazi with “Castro style” messianic delusions. Very dangerous to all christians in that country and especially to catholics. As for me, I will pray more.

Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum

 

[gam197]

Article in Union Leader…

Chavez has warned opponents he will not tolerate attempts to stir up violence, and he threatened to cut off oil exports to the U.S. if Washington interferes. His country is a major supplier to the United States, which in turn is the No. 1 buyer of Venezuelan oil.

Looks like there could be no more Citgo or Petro Express gas stations.

originally posted by** corki**
He wrote the constitution, remember.

Looks like it defeated him.

 

[RLT]

Good for Venezuela. :clapping:
It’s a blow to Hugo’s air of invincibility, yet he’s still prez for 5 more years, plenty of time to do some dastardly stuff.

 

[CHCatholic]

http://www.leftbanker.com/uploaded_images/Simpsons-Nelson-Haha-715091.jpg

Thanks for making me spit coffee all over the keyboard, that was hilarious

 

[ImmaculataChamp]

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The Peon is Gone!