{"id":4916,"date":"2016-11-17T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2016-12-08T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T16:07:32","slug":"venezuela-recall-referendum-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2016\/11\/17\/venezuela-recall-referendum-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Council Suspends Recall Referendum in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Matthew Schaller<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the 21st of October, the Venezuelan opposition\u2019s aim of ousting their elected leader was further undermined by the electoral council, which suspended the campaign to hold a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.<br \/>\nThe council said in a statement that they have \u201csent instructions to postpone the process of signature gathering until new judicial instructions are known.\u201d This was after several states reported fraud in the preliminary petition held in June.<br \/>\nAccording to BBC News, eight opposition leaders have been denied the right to leave the country.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s notable about this move from the opposition is that if this referendum were to go through, Mr. Maduro would be forced to comply with the constitution and compete in a presidential election that many polls say he is likely to lose.<br \/>\nOpposition lawmakers in the National Assembly would respond to this act the following week by voting to put Maduro on political trial. The vote was only a symbolic gesture, aimed at renewing pressure on the embattled president, as any measure would likely be turned down by the courts.<br \/>\n\u201cLet him respond for the actions that have destroyed, broken, denied the right to choose in a democracy,\u201d Julio Borges, the leader of the opposition bloc in the Assembly, said after the vote was passed.<br \/>\nResponding to these actions against both sides of the opposition, Maduro chose to instead place the blame on President Obama for Venezuela\u2019s economic and political woes.<br \/>\n\u201cThese attacks from the right are an attack by Obama because he is close to leaving,\u201d Maduro said.<br \/>\nAccording to Reuters, Maduro was returning from a tour of notable oil-producing countries, including meetings with the United Nations Secretary General-designate Antonio Guterres and the pope. He summoned his cabinet to the presidential palace in order to discuss the recent actions by the opposition.<br \/>\nThese actions were overshadowed by protests that bare striking similarities to those which happened two years ago. Clashes occurred in several cities and towns outside the capital of Venezuela in recent days.<br \/>\n208 arrests were carried out across the nation, although the number is expected to rise, according to human rights group Penal Forum.<br \/>\nFollowing these actions from both sides of the conflict, leaders of the opposition and heads of state have agreed to peace talks being mediated by the Vatican.<br \/>\nAfter months of former international leaders seeking to jumpstart possible reconciliation talks, CNN reports that Argentinian Archbishop Monsignor Emir Paul Tscherring will moderate the dialogue.<br \/>\nSpeaking to journalists, Tscherring said that he hopes the dialogue will \u201clook for agreeance, to create an atmosphere of trust, overcome disagreement, and promote a mechanism that guarantees peaceful co-existence.\u201d<br \/>\nNicolas Maduro, the heir apparent to the regime of Hugo Chavez, has presided over the worst economic crisis in recent memory. Despite elections for seats in the National Assembly benefiting the opposition this past December, any action undertaken is seen fruitless as the courts are directly controlled by Maduro\u2019s leftist government.<br \/>\nNo matter the uncertainty taking hold in Venezuela, one thing is certain: the army\u2019s support of their leader. Defense Minister Vladimir Lopez penned a declaration stating that the aim of the opposition is to overthrow Maduro and that the army will show \u201cunconditional loyalty and unbreakable commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 21st of October, the Venezuelan opposition\u2019s aim of ousting their elected leader was further undermined by the electoral council, which suspended the campaign to hold a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[940,382,384],"tags":[477,600,941],"class_list":["post-4916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-november-2016","category-international-news","category-americas","tag-venezuela","tag-international-news","tag-november2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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