The Decide Network urges Venezuelans to defend the popular sovereignty expressed in the July 28 elections, reject foreign interference and resume peaceful mobilization in the streets to accompany the daily struggle for survival and give political meaning to the demand for democratic change
The DECIDE Network sent a letter to Venezuelans and especially to the ruling party and the opposition, in which it called to respect the popular sovereignty expressed in the presidential elections of July 28 of last year and urged to resume citizen mobilization as a mechanism of democratic pressure in the face of the political crisis that Venezuela is going through.
“Respecting popular sovereignty – clearly expressed on July 28 – and taking back the streets, with all the risks that this implies in the current conditions, is essential to accompany citizens in the hard fight for survival and give that effort the necessary political meaning,” says the Red Decide.
At the same time, he indicates that the lack of recognition that the 2024 presidential elections were won by the opponent Edmundo González, “is what today makes it easier for the Trump administration to threaten national sovereignty.”
The Decide Network also warns that there is a crisis of legitimacy of the political system in the country and raises the need for urgent internal measures to be adopted to allow its resolution. In his opinion, addressing this scenario would strengthen the position against external pressures and would contribute to deterring possible international aggression.
The document rejects any form of foreign interference and emphasizes that, just as in the past it was “unacceptable” to hand over the country to external interests, today it would also be unacceptable to subordinate the national destiny to foreign actors. The Red Decide maintains that what is at stake is not only who exercises power, but the future viability of the country and the right of future generations to live in it.
The statement also addresses the opposition leadership, in particular María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia, whom it urges not to repeat errors attributed to Chavismo. Among these, they point out the construction of international alliances based on group interests or ideological affinities, as well as support or silence in the face of actions that directly affect the Venezuelan population.
The Red Decide also questions political strategies applied since 2002, such as the so-called “strategy of breakdown”, the policy of “maximum pressure” and clandestinity, considering that they have failed and have facilitated the strengthening of social control and the repressive apparatus of the State.
Faced with this panorama, the organization proposes resuming presence on the streets, recognizing “the risks it entails” in the current context, but insisting on the need to accompany citizens in the daily struggle for survival and to provide that effort with a political meaning that articulates social demands with the objective of democratic change.
Finally, the message appeals directly to citizens and emphasizes that, although there is deep fatigue with the situation in the country, the solution cannot be internal destruction or external violence. “If our house has problems, the solution is not to burn it down or ask for it to be bombed,” concludes the text, which insists on respect for popular sovereignty as the central axis of any solution to the crisis.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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