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Cal Carpenter

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16. Stand-in president announced

Reply to naaman fletcher (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:18 PM

Mar 2013

Stand-in president announced

Venezuela's minister of foreign affairs Elias Jaua has said that the vice-president Nicolas Maduro, Chávez's anointed heir, will stand in as acting president following Chavez's death.

Maduro is also to run for the snap elections stipulated by the constitution. Jaua said:

"This is the mandate that comandante presidente Hugo
Chávez gave us ...What follows is very clearly established, it's what we always defended. We are now in front of an absolute absence, the VP assumes as president and elections are called for the next 30 days."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/hugo-chavez-death-reaction-live#block-5137410eb579468c9b90393f

(sorry, it's on a blog and there isn't a permalink)

The bottom line is that there will be a timely election. There is some debate on whether the VP can be named interim president but so far the only places I see this being a real controversy is on DU and in center-right US rags by implication. The fact that Chavez wasn't re-inaugurated after his last re-election has something to do with the succession plans. I'm sure details will emerge.

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Venezuela's military vows loyalty to VP Maduro [View all] naaman fletcher Mar 2013 OP

Do you have a copy of their Constitution available? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #1

link naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #2

Your link is to an opinion piece. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #3

Here you go: naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #4

Here it would be the VP and the Speaker only if both VP and President were dead... freshwest Mar 2013 #5

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Mar 2013 #6

You sure are extrapolating a lot Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #7

Check the other links in this thread naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #8

I have read the excerpt of the constitution as quoted Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #10

Well, there will be an easy way to find out.. naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #11

So I take it that means you will delete Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #12

not at all naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #13

AP story confirming naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #14

Yep, I was just researching a bit Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #15

Defense Minister is a political position reorg Mar 2013 #20

"all they did was give some platitudes to reassure people that there is stability" reorg Mar 2013 #21

Debatable. NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #9

That's the way I read it also. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #17

Kind of more like asking whether Obama is president if he hasn't taken the oath. NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #18

That seems correct. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #19

Stand-in president announced Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #16

If they didn't back him up while the government is in transition Cleita Mar 2013 #22

Almost as unsettling as imagining LanternWaste Mar 2013 #23

Yeah "unsettling" like our previous ones MyNameGoesHere Mar 2013 #24

It may appear to be a problem John2 Mar 2013 #25

Right.. naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #26