Venezuela head seeks party merger

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Venezuela head seeks party merger
By Greg Morsbach
BBC News, Caracas
Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez has confirmed that he wants to merge all his coalition partners into a single political party.

He says this will help him lead his socialist revolution.
The information minister has now confirmed that the new ruling bloc will be called Unified Socialist Party of Venezuela.
The move has sparked accusations from the opposition here that he is turning Venezuela into a second Cuba.
President Chavez seems frustrated with the sluggish pace of his socialist revolution in Venezuela and is hoping that these changes will speed things up.
Opposition members have already reacted with deep mistrust.
They say Mr Chavez is trying to accumulate as much personal power in the state as possible.
The opposition accuses Venezuela's socialist leader of following in the footsteps of his old friend and ally Fidel Castro, who also created a governing unity party in his native Cuba.
But Mr Chavez says he is not anti-democratic and that he's simply rooting out inefficiency and bureaucracy by streamlining Venezuela's political landscape.

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Published: 2006/12/19 04:47:54 GMT

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[2Sheds_Jackson]

But Mr Chavez says he is not anti-democratic and that he's simply rooting out inefficiency and bureaucracy by streamlining Venezuela's political landscape.


Well naturally - and the most streamlined and efficient way to do things will be to create one ruling party, and outlaw all the opposition - just like Cuba.

[Jobu]

The most democratic thing to do is to consolidate power so you can be President-for-life. Why don't people understand that?

[ed316]

The bureaucracy he wants to get rid of is the one he created with his socilaist revolution.

[Rictor]

Oh no! He wants to bring in everyone under one big tent, that awful! Kind of like the two parties the US has, the two parties the UK has, the three parties that Canada has etc.

Jesus, every time Chavez farts it's "one step closer to dictatorship" this and that. Why is this even news-worthy? Parties consolidate and break apart all the time? Getting all the leftists under one banner is the logical thing to do.

[ed316]

News-worthy? Why don't you shoot an e-mail to the BBC?

[khukuri]

Oh no! He wants to bring in everyone under one big tent, that awful! Kind of like the two parties the US has, the two parties the UK has, the three parties that Canada has etc.

Jesus, every time Chavez farts it's "one step closer to dictatorship" this and that. Why is this even news-worthy? Parties consolidate and break apart all the time? Getting all the leftists under one banner is the logical thing to do.


so true so true so true

[2Sheds_Jackson]

Oh no! He wants to bring in everyone under one big tent, that awful! Kind of like the two parties the US has, the two parties the UK has, the three parties that Canada has etc.

Jesus, every time Chavez farts it's "one step closer to dictatorship" this and that. Why is this even news-worthy? Parties consolidate and break apart all the time? Getting all the leftists under one banner is the logical thing to do.

If the opposition in Venezuela is correct, and he is trying to copy the Cuban model, then he is indeed moving one step closer to dictatorship.

As a Cuban you may pick your candidates from the following list of parties;

1. Communist Party of Cuba

Thank you for voting. Next in line! p-)