Maduro Drops All Pretense, Vows to Become a Dictator to Ensure Economic Peace in Venezuela
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BY: KARINA MARTÍN - SEP 10, 2017, 9:25 PM
Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro usually picks a fight with whomever calls his regime a dictatorship, insisting it is nothing but democratic. But amid a deep economic and political crisis, now even himself is admitting that he might have to “become a dictator” to wrestle with inflation and shortages.
On Friday, September 8, Maduro said during a mandatory televised address that his government would “achieve economic peace, prosperity, and price stability” by any means necessary.
“I want to do it nicely, but if I have to do it the bad way and become a dictator to guarantee [low] prices to the people, I will do it,” he added.
To the successor of the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez, that means more price controls. The recently elected Constituent Assembly, made up only of regime loyalists, has taken up vast powers, overruling the legitimate Parliament controlled by the oppositon.
It is now setting up an Economic Commission that will, along with the “productive and distribution sectors” and “the consumers,” determine mandatory prices for basic goods such as milk, chicken, pasta, and cooking oil.
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https://panampost.com/karina-martin/2017/09/10/maduro-dictator-ensure-economic-peace-in-venezuela/
Well, there you have it, Chavistas. From the horses mouth... err... ass himself.
To paraphrase Game of Thrones, "He would see his country burn to be King of the Ashes"
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