Venezuela government bars Guaido from public office for 15 years

[RandySF]

The Venezuelan government said opposition leader Juan Guaido would be barred from public office for 15 years on Thursday, as it seeks to crack down on the US-backed rival to President Nicolas Maduro.

The move, announced by Auditor General Elvis Amoroso on state television, marked another effort by Maduro's regime to politically sideline Guaido, who is recognized by the US and 50 other countries as Venezuela's interim president.

Amoroso said his office decided "to ban this citizen [Juan Guaido] from all elected public office for the maximum duration under the law."

Venezuela's single-chamber congress, called the National Assembly, is in opposition hands and stands as the sole institution not under the control of Maduro.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/20190328-venezuela-bars-guaido-public-office-maduro

[Dr. Strange]

1. This seems legit and not at all fishy.

[malaise]

2. Good

If Maduro were really a dictator, Guaido would not be pretending to be President

[RandySF]

3. That makes no sense.

[DFW]

6. I think the remark was made in jest. n/t

[DetlefK]

5. Tell me again how he's not a dictator:

Supreme Court stacked with cronies.

Parliament neutralized.

A second, unconstitutional parliament installed that his party controls due to election-fraud.

A presidency won because the opposition was not allowed to run candidates.

Militias attacking his political opponents with legal impunity.

Scapegoating everyone from iguanas to the Sun to the CIA to shadowy boogeymen instead of admitting that mistakes have been made.

[malaise]

7. Sounds like the Con 2016

We know oil thieves when we see them. We also know how well US interests demonize those they want removed. Spare me - I've lived through enough US interference.

I'm among the not 'None so Blind'.

http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=11589#more-11589

[DetlefK]

8. Can you refute anything I wrote? Anything?

[malaise]

9. When you do the same for all the pro-US despots

get back to me.
The US has been terrorizing Venezuela since Chavez.
Everyone here knows my position - Venezuela is a sovereign country - get the hell out and leave their oil alone.

[DetlefK]

10. That's not a moral position you have there.

Why do you insist on looking at that from a US-perspective? There are other countries in the world, you know.

Why would the past and present behaviour of the US matter when determining whether Maduro qualifies as a dictator or not?

Step 1: Make a checklist, what makes a ruler a dictator and what makes a country a dictatorship.
Step 2: Go and look if you find mentions of the US on that list.

[malaise]

11. They told us to close our eyes and pray

When we opened them, they had our land and we had their bible.
Now I define what's moral for myself - just like all your leaders have done for centuries.

[Archae]

4. "Elvis Amoroso?"

Gotta admit, that is a funny name.