Venezuelan state-run media demean opposition primaries

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/primarias-2012/120212/venezuelan-state-run-media-demean-opposition-primaries


Venezuela's National Public Media System, comprising all of the state-run media, reported "poor voters' turnout" in the primaries of the opposition umbrella group Unified Democratic Panel (MUD), and described the opposition leaders as "right-wing" candidates.

The website of the television network of Venezuelan National Assembly (ANTV) chose to ignore the vote where the candidate that will challenge President Hugo Chávez on October 7 will be elected. Other official websites reported on the parade President Chávez headed on Sunday in Aragua state, central Venezuela, to commemorate the Youth Day.

State-run news agency AVN published information about the opposition primaries on Sunday morning, and highlighted violations of election rules that prohibit political campaign during the vote.

"After negotiating a date where (political) Acción Democrática (AD party) imposed its will, Venezuelan rightist sectors will hold primary election on Monday," reported AVN. "Privatization and dismantling of the communal state will be the purpose of the winner in the primaries," read another headline. "Opposition primaries with no ink, no fingerprint reading machines and, it seems that with no voters," added another one.

[bitchkitty]

1. How DARE they?

I mean, telling the truth in the media? They must be communist!

[joshcryer]

2. All elections in Venezuela are overseen by the *government run* CNE.

The Consejo Nacional Electoral or the "National Electoral Council." By demeaning the turnout they are, in effect, looking rather stupid.

The Chavista's cannot win this argument with their madness, if they say it was a conspiracy, then they have admitted a failure in the CNE, if they accept the results, then they just had a major, massive blowout in electoral opinion. Why they are going with this is beyond my understanding, the public has to trust in the CNE to get accurate results, if it does not, then how can they trust their own democracy?

The only thing I can think of is that they're looking to steal the elections in the future and therefore are trying to delegitimize the CNE in the event the results are not what they want.

[txlibdem]

3. The Capitalistas have been after Chavez from day one

His "crimes against the wealthy" include returning land stolen from the peasants, trying to set up a network of free clinics across the nation (which the rightist governors attempt to destroy or delay), attempting to help the poor and ask the rich to start paying taxes on their ill gotten gains.

[ChangoLoa]

4. Except this is a simple lie.

Show us an example of any primary vote in any country in history with more participation (proportionnaly, needless to say).

3 out of 18 million voters participated, meaning around 17% of the total national electorate.