Venezuela’s MUD Must Hold Primaries Now!

The government of Nicolás Maduro still has not given the order to the four directors of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) making up the board of the National Electoral Council (CNE), to call elections to constitute regional governments and elect members of state legislative councils. These elections should have been held in December of last year, but as notorious leaders of chavismo have pointed out, as long as there are not adequate conditions, meaning as long as there is no chance for them to win an election, the same will not be held. This decision perfectly fits the dictatorship that exists today in Venezuela. More…