In an unique interview with TGP, Eduardo Bittar, chief of the Venezuelan libertarian resistance group “Rumbo Libertad”, issued a stark warning about how Chavismo hijacked the regulation to ascertain a dictatorship in Venezuela.
Since founding Rumbo Libertad in 2016, Bittar has been a vocal opponent of Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime, which he says follows the authoritarian mannequin set by Hugo Chávez.
Bittar detailed how the Chavista regime, initially masked as a democracy, manipulated the nation’s authorized construction to crush opposition, erode democratic establishments, and consolidate energy within the palms of a socialist elite. In his interview, he said:
“Chavismo realized to make use of democracy’s personal instruments to destroy it. They distorted the Structure 12 instances to vary the legal guidelines, and now Maduro guidelines with out limits.”
The Rumbo Libertad motion emerged as a response to the rising oppression of the Chavista regime and its brutal crackdown on dissidents.
In accordance with Bittar, Venezuela’s present state is the direct results of a scientific dismantling of particular person freedoms and democratic establishments, resulting in the institution of an authoritarian dictatorship that governs by way of impunity and concern.
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Bittar additionally pointed to the nation’s financial collapse as plain proof of the failure of Bolivarian socialism. He said:
“Socialism destroyed the financial system, created mass poverty, and left thousands and thousands of individuals with out entry to fundamental requirements: meals, drugs, and security.”
Persecution of the Opposition
In accordance with Eduardo Bittar, any try at political opposition has been crushed with violence. He claims the federal government’s technique is to take care of absolute management over establishments whereas fostering a marketing campaign of concern. He defined:
“Anybody who dares communicate out towards the regime is persecuted. They use arbitrary arrests, torture, and intimidation. This has turn into frequent apply to silence inside opposition and make sure the regime’s survival.”
Bittar additionally warned of false opposition figures, who act as a “supporting arm” of Maduro’s communist regime, similar to Edmundo González. González ran towards Maduro, received, however selected to flee to Spain reasonably than struggle for the authorized recognition of his victory.
This alliance of faux opposition serves to legitimize the dictatorship whereas weakening any actual problem to Maduro’s rule.
