2009/2/19 GERALD LEVY <gerald_a_levy@msn.com>
>
> In my view, the opponents of eliminating term limits in Venezuela were not
> in the slightest bit concerned with preserving some democratic practice.
> That was just a ruse. They were SOLELY motivated by a desire to ensure
> that Hugo Chavez couldn't again be elected President.
>
I think that goes without saying.
The problem is rather what happens if the tables are turned; if the
right-wing parties come into power through elections? Or if the present
officials gradually drift into a state aristocracy, which is the general
rule of parliamentarism.
//Dave Z
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