Venezuela president granted sweeping powers

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37. Actually those powers were given to Hindenburg NOT Hitler.

And it had NOT been the first time such power was granted to Hindenburg, he had been given those power previously. In fact many observers made the comment that had Hindenburg NOT been President and given those powers, the enabling act would NEVER have passed.

It was understood that Hitler would use those powers. but till his death Hindenburg had the power to revoke that grant of power (thus Hitler merged the Offices of President and Chancellor into one office with him being BOTH).

Just a comment that the people of Germany voted for that act in a fair and open election.

Just as the German Wiemar Constitution permitting such enabling act to be passed, so does the Constitution of Venezuela and it is a power the PRE DATES CHAVEZ. It has been abused in the past, but it is a power the people of Venezuela has granted to Right Wing presidents in the past. The key is NOT the granting of the power but how it will be used. Time will tell us if the power was used for good or bad.

Hindenburg is a good example, when he had been given that power previously, it had NOT been abused by his then Chancellor. The difference was Hitler would be Chancellor under the 1934 Enabling act, not a different right wing politician who was NOT a Nazi (Such a Right wing non Nazi had been Chancellor when the power was granted to Hindenburg previously).

As with Germany in 1928-1934, the key was NOT the enabling act itself, but who was Chancellor and that Chancellor's willingness to abuse that power. Such emergency power is some times necessary, thus it is in the Constitution of Venezuela. Only time will tell if it was abused or not.