Posted on 05/02/2016 2:28:25 PM PDT by StCloudMoose
see what happens when they run out of beer:
Venezuela's opposition said it delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country's elections authority on Monday as part of the process of seeking a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
Food and medicine shortages, triple-digit inflation, rampant violent crime and increasingly frequent water and power cuts have stoked anger against Maduro.
The Democratic Unity coalition (MUD) gathered far more than the required 1 percent of voters' signatures, or nearly 200,000, needed to trigger the next phase of a recall referendum.
"With this successful strategy the MUD has progressed in achieving urgent political change via impeccably peaceful and constitutional measures," the coalition's head, Jesus Torrealba, tweeted on Monday.
The electoral body must now validate the signatures before the opposition can collect another 20 percent, or around 4 million signatures, before a vote can finally be held.
Maduro has sworn he will not be forced out before his term expires in 2019 and accuses the opposition of seeking a coup against him to destroy the socialist legacy of his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.
The government-leaning Supreme Court and electoral board have stymied the opposition-led National Assembly time and time again.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Too little to late? Desperation?
Petitioning a dictator will end well.
Nothing will happen, country run by socialist dictator or president. Good luck with that recall petition. I see martial law coming.
That paper could have been used as toilet paper...
Yeah, so what?
Cue the ‘counter-revolutionary forces’ speech.
“Maduro has sworn he will not be forced out before his term expires in 2019 and accuses the opposition of seeking a coup against him to destroy the socialist legacy of his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.”
Not if the opposition “administers some lead suppositories!”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.