Chavismo recovered its voice and vote in the elections for graduates of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) held this Wednesday in the house that wins the shadow.
The Together for Heritage plank, which brought together candidates from the ucevista left, was the winner in the Faculty of Humanities and Education, as well as in the schools of Sociology, Social Communication and Economics, indicate unofficial results.
With this victory, the representatives of the ucevista left win representation spaces in the co-government decisions of the UCV.
Retake School of Social Communication
In these graduate elections, Chavismo took up the school of Social Communication, winning in the School Council, Faculty Council and the Faculty Assembly with the platform Together for Heritage.
Anahí Arismendi won as main representative on the Council of the School of Social Communication, and María de la Paz Higueras as alternate. Meanwhile, for the Faculty Assembly, Teresa Ovalles and Alfredo Palacios were elected, all with long careers in journalism.
«For the journalists it was a party and a loving and responsible reunion, where we ratified our commitment and our call to return to the values of journalism, and the need to reopen our school to the street, and to once again be able to resume the necessary debates that allow us to rediscover ourselves with the most beautiful of our profession» indicated Arismendi.
For the journalism professional, “this election clearly calls on the union to review and resume a plural debate on the issues that interest us and are sensitive to journalists, and not for particular issues or political or commercial interests. ”.
In Social Communication, the platform of Together for Heritage obtained the victory with a solid advantage over the formulas of Acción Democrática, García Arrocha, Primero Justicia and members of the National Association of Journalists.
organizational balance
For Anahí Arismendi, participation in these elections was significant. The process included the massive alumni attendance of all generations who were present at their alma mater to exercise their right to elect their representation in the co-government.
“It was the ucevista spirit mobilized showing that there are hundreds of people, thousands of graduates who are available at any time to collaborate with our university and that it once again have the seat that corresponds to it,” said Arismendi in this regard.
For the winner as a representative before the Council of the School of Social Communication of the UCV, this election day gave a clear call by the graduates to retake the dignity of the university and the heritage of the UCV.
For her part, Betzabeth Aldana, candidate for the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, said that the results should be seen as an example of organization. “From that point of view, there is political and organizational victory beyond the results.” “We left with high morale and a new map of forces that places us in a good position,” added Aldana.
university in recovery
Jacqueline Farías congratulated through the social network Instagram those who participated in the elections held in a university in recovery.
“A year ago these elections could not have been held in the way they happened at this time. Without lighting, without sanitary services, with leaks eating up the buildings, it was impossible to enter the UCV… the great desolation of its corridors was sad, the plan created by President Nicolás Maduro Moros for its recovery and rescue has not only returned the spaces for teaching and research but has also guaranteed the internal democratic exercise, already with 2 elections held in recent months» he pointed out.
More than 10 years in waiting
The objective of this electoral process is to renew the instances of university co-government,
that have participation from different sectors of the academic community.
In this regard, the candidate for the Board Together for Heritage to the Council of the School of Political and Administrative Studies of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences, Ana Sofía Cabezas, recalled a few days ago in statements to VTV that these elections had not been held since 2010 .
He also explained that teachers, graduates, students and administrative staff participate in these co-government instances, which are of the utmost importance for the proper functioning of this university.
