The idea gained strength after the opposition Carlos Prosperi declared himself independent and decided to support the current president.
Sputnik and Prensa Latina
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, July 15, 2024, p. 28
Caracas. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro yesterday called on his country’s citizens to create a front anti-fascist in defense of democracy, in the face of plans by right-wing sectors to destabilize the Bolivarian Republic ahead of the elections on July 28.
Call them to a great national front in defense of democracy, peace, stability, the Constitution, a great anti-fascist front, as the people of France did a week ago.Maduro said during a political event in Caracas, referring to the union of the French left in the New Popular Front, which won the legislative elections and stopped the triumph of the extreme right.
At an event at the Poliedro de Caracas, to check the electoral machinery, the president commented that this idea gained strength after the announcement of the opposition member of the Acción Democrática (AD) party, Carlos Prosperi, to declare himself independent and decide to support his candidacy, after criticizing strongly to the extremist right, denouncing the corruption of the [opositor Juan] Guaidó and the plans for violence and riots [protestas violentas]he pointed.
In front of a massive demonstration of supporters the day before yesterday in Guanare, in the state of Portuguesa, Maduro extended an invitation to the former opponent: I tell you, young Carlos Prosperi, who was trained in Democratic Action and in the opposition, I have heard your criticisms, I tell you that here in this project we all fit in..
In recent days, six opposition mayors have also declared themselves independent and announced their support for Maduro’s candidacy, after denouncing alleged attempts by right-wing sectors to promote acts of violence on the eve of the presidential elections.
I have been observing a group of political leaders, mayors who were elected from the opposition, suddenly begin to speak out, from the opposition itself there are voices of alarm that a scenario of rioting and violence is being prepared, and that they do not share this and that they dare to denounce it.the president indicated and reiterated that opposition sectors have plans against the electric service of the South American country.
On June 24, Maduro ordered the Bolivarian National Armed Forces to activate a special plan for 24-hour patrol and surveillance of all vital electrical service facilities.
We have a project, we are the only ones who have a project in this countrythe president stressed.
Maduro said his plan for reforms is centered on the economy and is inspired by the Plan Patria that his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, presented in 2012 for his fourth term, which he failed to start, CNN reported.
This agenda covers until 2030 and includes seven transformations which are, among others: Modernizing the economy through a new productive export model; perfecting the model of coexistence and enjoyment of human rights, attention to ecology, renewing the model of humanist protection, geopolitics and repoliticization; peace, security and territorial integrity, with the safeguarding and development of the Essequibo Guayana, a territory in dispute with Guayana; accelerating the recovery of the welfare state, and strengthening the values of socialism.
Hope is in the street, and the people are in the streetthe head of state pointed out.
