Venezuela’s election

Reasons to celebrate

It was a crushing one. Venezuelans voted furiously against the left-wing regime and for an opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity alliance (MUD), that is determined to bring its increasingly authoritarian and incompetent rule to an end. Nearly three-quarters of the electorate turned out, some despite fears that their ballots would not be secret. The MUD won the popular vote by a margin of 15 percentage points. It captured just over two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, which gives it broad powers to challenge the government. Even the district of 23 de Enero, the bastion of chavismo where Mr Maduro made his broadcast, fell to the opposition.

DYI Comments:  Let's hope this beginning  has staying power to where the citizens of Venezuela throw off the socialist policies of the past and move into free markets and an honest currency.  The current president Nicolas Maduro is still in power til the 2018 elections.  Hopefully the citizen will vote a more open markets leader who rejects socialism.

DYI