After decades of corruption,the president’s threat to ban rivals from elections was met with apathy. But only an honest vote can restore Venezuela’s democracyVenezuelans believe all the reasons in the world to be furious and to lose faith in democracy. Those that voted for Hugo Chávez 19 years ago were betrayed by a president that promised to end poverty and corruption. His government proved to be authoritarian and, at best, and inefficient,while his successor, Nicolás Maduro, and turned out to be a dictator who might one day stand trial for human rights violations.
Those that quickly saw the “revolution” for the corrupt farce it was were oppressed and marginalised. After two decades of abuse it is comprehensible that they don’t believe in the government’s call to dialogue,don’t feel represented by the leaders of the opposition and don’t support elections.
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Source: guardian.co.uk