Morning Star.png Maduro Rallies His Supporters 'Battle for the Future' James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 2 December 2015 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared that the December 6 elections are a "battle for the future." Speaking at a public rally on Monday, Mr Maduro said Sunday's parliamentary elections would decide the future of the South American nation's socialist revolution. "This is a vital battle for the future of peace and for our children," he stressed. But the president warned campaigners for his United Socialist Party (PSUV) not to count their chickens. "No-one can be overconfident," he said. Venezuela's Washington-backed opposition hopes to reverse 17 years of left-wing electoral dominance that began with the election of late president Hugo Chavez in 1998. The Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) umbrella coalition's candidate Henrique Capriles narrowly lost out in the 2013 presidential election. That poll was held as a concession to the opposition, as then vice-president Mr Maduro stood to assume office automatically on Mr Chavez death. But the MUD demanded a recount, alleging electoral fraud as they had routinely done in previous elections. In the US, prospective presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that Mr Maduro's government "has been doing all it can to rig these elections," pointing to the recent jailing of two opposition leaders on criminal charges. In September Popular Will (VP) leader Leopoldo Lopez - whose party holds just one seat in the National Assembly - was jailed for almost 14 years for inciting last year's anti-government riots that left 44 people dead. PSUV assembly member Robert Serra and his partner were murdered in their home during the unrest. The warmongering former secretary of state also said she was "outraged at the cold-blooded assassination" of opposition leader Luis Diaz, who had known links to notorious gangs. The Democratic Action (AD) party Guarico state secretary was killed last Wednesday following an election rally in the town of Altagracia de Orituco. But last week regional broadcaster Telesur reported that Mr Diaz was known to have been involved in organised crime and had previously been investigated for murder. It said the prime suspect in his killing was rival El Picure gang member Oscar "El Pipi" Noguera. The prosecutor's office announced on Monday that three men had been arrested over the murder. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-28f3-Maduro-rallies-his-supporters-to-f ight-in-battle-for-future#.Vl5v0XYrK00 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
