One would think that all opposition leaders would accept the principle that these Venezuelans, whose lives have been upended by their nation’s political tragedy, should be allowed to participate, but this is not the case. Some seven million Venezuelans have fled the country in recent years. In contrast, others reject this as political suicide.Īnother point of contention is whether the Venezuelan diaspora will be allowed to partake in the vote.
Some opposition members think that using official polling stations and getting help from the National Electoral Council to register new voters is the best way to ensure broad participation and a credible process. But several critical decisions still to be made that could undermine the effort, mainly whether collaboration is to be sought from the official electoral body, which is dominated by “Chavistas” and has been instrumental in rigging elections in the past. The process is being organized by a committee of jurists and academics led by Jesús María Casal under the umbrella of the Unity Platform, which includes a broad spectrum of organizations. Its leaders are now busy trying to bring back to life the resistance movement through primary elections that will be held in October and are intended to produce a unity candidate that will challenge Maduro in 2024. But after the effectiveness and prestige of the interim government waned, the opposition itself disbanded it at the end of 2022. Under the constitution, the head of the Assembly was entitled to assume the presidency. Maduro had just re-elected himself in a farcical presidential election. But some responsibility lies with the leaders of the opposition themselves, who have devoted an inordinate amount of time to internecine power struggles and, in some cases, engaged in acts of corruption that have tarnished its image.Īs the head of a National Assembly in which the opposition held the majority after the parliamentary elections of 2015, Juan Guaidó was recognized in January 2019 by his peers and much of the international community as the acting president. Part of the reason is that Nicolás Maduro’s brutal dictatorship has survived every attempt to topple it with support from Cuba, Russia, Iran, and to some extent China. Venezuela’s opposition has been seriously weakened in the last few months.
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