Even by the volatile and violent standards of recent times in Venezuela, 2017 was an exceptional year, a perfect storm of political and economic crisis. Going into a fourth year of crippling recession, Venezuela’s 30 million people found themselves skipping meals, suffering shortages of basic foods and medicines, jostling in lines for ever-scarcer subsidised goods, unable to keep up with dizzying inflation rates, and emigrating in ever larger numbers.
What is needed is a dual leader system, limiting the president to a single 5-year term with no eligibility for him/her or relatives for 6 years, and putting the prime minister in charge of government operations and national defense. Also, 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. When the actions of the president are unconstitutional, the people are obliged to resist. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
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