Chavez losing his coolness?
Recent election results have loosened Hugo Chavez's political grip on Venezuela. Chavez has called the results a 'solid victory' although the opposition parties made big gains, claiming new seats in the Asamblea Nacional and winning the majority of the popular vote. The pro-Chavez parties no longer control a supermajority of the body, making the passage of new Chavez policies more difficult. Adolfo Taylhardat, a former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN and a member of the opposition party, said the fact that the government still maintains the majority of the seats in the congress while the opposition won the majority of the vote is a contradiction that should not occur and it only occurred because the Chavez government changed electoral laws to favor granting seats to government candidates.
Recent election results have loosened Hugo Chavez's political grip on Venezuela. Chavez has called the results a 'solid victory' although the opposition parties made big gains, claiming new seats in the Asamblea Nacional and winning the majority of the popular vote. The pro-Chavez parties no longer control a supermajority of the body, making the passage of new Chavez policies more difficult. Adolfo Taylhardat, a former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN and a member of the opposition party, said the fact that the government still maintains the majority of the seats in the congress while the opposition won the majority of the vote is a contradiction that should not occur and it only occurred because the Chavez government changed electoral laws to favor granting seats to government candidates.
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