Gearing Up
Sources inside the Capriles camp confirm that the campaign team has been reconvened and is working on the understanding that Henrique Capriles will accept MUD’s nomination to run against Maduro.
We cannot confirm that Capriles himself has decided to run.
Update: Reuters confirms it – an hour after you read it here.
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He’s expected to speak later today, no earlier than 6 p.m.
Emiliana, are you now part of the CC team? If that’s the case, welcome aboard.
Henrique’s announcement will be at 7:30 p.m. Venezuelan time
he will run , he loves his people
We’re all waiting, desobedeciendo a la #LeySeca ….
I would love to know why oh why is JJ Rendón never been asked to join the team. Do you guys know anything?
Eeeeeso Emi. I should say guys and gal from now on!
maybe .. al estilo bolivariano .. g@ys?
Emiliana, are you new to the CC fray? Just wondering!!
Pardon my ignorance but I have 2 questions:
1. If he runs, he leaves an “encargado” running Miranda correct?
2. If he looses can he return to being Governor?
I forgot how the whole thing went down during the primarias/elections….It is too much to keep up!
Yes. This would qualify on paper as a “temporary abscence” and in that case, Miranda’s constitution indicate the Secretary General of Government Adriana D’Elia would be in charge (just like she did last year during the prior campaign). If he loses, he would return again and finish his term.
http://www.miranda.gob.ve/cienciamiranda/descargas/constitucion.pdf
However, Miranda’s legislature is now controlled by Chavismo and let’s see how its current head (PSUV apparatik Aurora Morales) could do then. Anything is possible.
Thanks Gustavo!
No problem. This is just hypotetical talk.
I heard that Borges said he will run and he´s just preparing his speech. However, that he works on this things with a lot of secrecy just like when he was picking his gabinete for last election, that pretty much no one was kept in the loop.
Venezuela’s a young country, while the dinosaurs fight
yesterday’s battle, the young venezuelans whether
single or not will enjoy a new lease on life. The verbiage
we, the older ones, had to calar, will be laughed off
by this new younger majority, that see us as irrelevant.
The young have always despised the fuddy-duddies [those
in their thirties and older], and the young ones is what
venezuela is all about.
That’s why Capriles will forge ahead in time -
he’s the least decrepit of the older generation.
To some reason we deserve Chavismo
The opposition should call for a simple vote to determine who should run
The assumption that Caprilles should run is wrong and we are allowing to play into the whole government cuban game playbook
If the government wants elections let them wait for the opposition to decide
The whole thing is very simple Politics 101
Sit out, force the government presidential to run empty.
The whole Chavismo will look like clowns
Si vale, we can organize a primary, register candidates, have the primary campaign and then hold the primary vote all in 48 hours…por qué no?!
tremendo negocio pana… “primarias express”… voy a ver si el url http://www.tuprimaria.com está registrado y de una vez me monto en el business plan…
Para como está el cronograma vas a tener exactamente 16 segundos para elaborar el business plan.
16 seconds? Ain’t nobody got time for dat.
I can’t believe people now see HCR as “the old guard” #QueQuieresUnFeto!?
>>> … #QueQuieresUnFeto!?
LOL, thanks I needed that. My first decent chuckle of the day!
Capriles will run. Capriles will lose. But it will be fun to watch it all over again. Hopefully the assassination attempts will be minimal and the opposition rallies will be bloodless.
on that note, tremendo exito the prosecution of the guys who killed two people at an opposition rally in Barinitas last year. Not.