A question that is not lacking in any colloquium, seminar, forum, conference or meeting of a public or private nature, is why is Maduro still there, entrenched in the power that he usurps? There is no shortage of those who dispatch themselves with the hypothesis, on the lip, attesting that “the problem is the lack of unity.” That version has power and it has not been easy to dismantle its weight when drawing conclusions, after debating the causes of the collapse of the agenda proposed by the interim government of Juan Guaidó.
The truth that we defend is that there has been unity and in colossal dimensions. Unity was the cornerstone of the victory of December 6, 2015, from which the group called G4 sprouted like a curse, which was in charge of flattening that unitary circle that offered spaces for multiple and varied leaderships. From then on, the unit suffers from sectarianism, a deformation that causes pathologies that are defined as intolerance, idolatry, stubbornness or political blindness. These deviations were the reason for so many setbacks experienced between 2016 and 2018, until the unity spell reappeared with a brilliance that seemed to have taken the light from the Catatumbo lightning. The figure of Juan Guaidó stood tall, on January 23, 2019, in a street tribune and from that self-oath, as interim president, he sprouted unity with rejuvenated momentum.
There was a goal concentrated in a mantra that was heading towards the end of the usurpation, based on a shared vision to characterize the Maduro regime as a criminal corporation; Citizens took to the streets again with colossal corpulence and unsuspected international support was garnered. All that political capital has been diminished in the course of these last three years and the reasons for that vanishing range from the mistakes made by the leadership that gained the power to make decisions, to the infiltration maneuver staged by the advisers to the Venezuelan dictatorship, specialized in this type of trickery. Special mention deserves the disappearance of the principle of separation of powers, the conversion of the National Armed Forces into a corrupt and repressive body that supports the dictatorship, the enormous financial resources from the dark economy and Maduro’s alliance with the Cubans, Russians, Iranians, Chinese and narco-guerrilla cells.
For all these reasons, inexplicable events take place under the logic that cannot justify the fact that, in a country where more than 96% of the population is squeezed by the poverty belt and, according to information from the Cedice Libertad Public Expenditure Observatory, in the first fortnight of April, a basket containing 61 goods and services for a family of 3 people reached a value of 2,222.19 bolívares, equivalent to more than 494 dollars, Maduro ends up winning 20 of 24 governments subjected to popular scrutiny on November 21, 2021. That result does not square with the reality that shows us a country gripped by a colossal catastrophe.
The clue left by this panorama of contradictions and paradoxes is that with a regime of this kind, elections and dialogues are reduced to a ruse. More so in Venezuela, where a dangerous criminal corporation has the Judiciary in handcuffs, at the same time that it is dispatched and turns over at the CNE and is capable of instructing its prosecutor and its comptroller to disqualify dissidents, according to tactical interest of the mob That we lost the governments of Mérida and Táchira due to the divisions? It is true, but it is also true that these subdivisions are an accessory to the great infiltration strategy that serves to argue that this is the reason for the defeats and not the fraud linked to a criminal regime such as the one that subjugates us.
In the face of all this, what corresponds is to design and physically assume a strong idea that allows nuclear to all the sectors identified with the purpose of freeing Venezuela from that tyranny. This requires, as a preliminary step, an unlimited day of self-criticism to detect mistakes and distill the platforms that have been serving as commands and mentors. It must be very clear that the public must be consulted by some reliable means, as we did recently when requesting signatures in support of the public letter sent to President Joe Biden. My opinion is that the three years that are far from 2024 should not be given away in any respect, nor should we give in to the narrative that defines that regime as a usurper of State institutions since Maduro lacks legitimacy of origin, much less give up the idea to continue with the investigation process in the International Criminal Court, as well as with the trials against the predators of the national wealth.
I would not be in a position to endorse agreements so that Maduro and his cronies have their sanctions lifted, that they be exonerated of the crimes and robberies committed and that suddenly, instead of continuing to appear in the galleries of the most wanted, with rewards included, appear on posters campaigning as if nothing had happened in Venezuela. For such a prank do not count on me.
@alcaldeledezma
The entrance Unlimited self-criticism required was first published in THE NATIONAL.
