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Venezuelan opposition refused the impeachment of President Nicolas Naturaopathic Venezuela has suspended the impeachment process of President Nicolas Maduro. A sudden truce in the political conflict was the result of discussions brokered by diplomats from the Vatican. In addition to suspending the process of impeachment, the opposition also decided not to hold on Thursday a massive rally demanding the resignation of Maduro.
The speaker of Parliament of Venezuela, Henry Ramos Allup said that the decision was taken not to aggravate the crisis in the country. In turn, the Venezuelan government began to release four opposition members from detention. In addition, the opposition agreed not to conduct new large-scale protest is scheduled for 3 November. Last week, thousands of demonstrations have already resulted in violent clashes with police, which killed at least one guardian of law and order.
However, the Alliance of opposition forces “Roundtable of democratic unity” has put forward the official Caracas two requirements: to free hundred of political prisoners from prison and allow early presidential elections in Venezuela. They were originally scheduled for the second half of 2018.
“We put on the table this list of demands to the authorities granted their not in a few months, and in a matter of days and weeks, – said the head of the opposition faction in the Parliament of Venezuela, Julio Borges. Otherwise we will continue the struggle.”
Dad helped
From the political crisis in Venezuela looked so sharp, that the present negotiations seem unrealistic. They took place on Sunday in Vatican city, and surprised the journalists at least the flaming socialist Maduro repeatedly called opposition agents of American capitalism, he shook hands with the head of the opposition Alliance “Roundtable of democratic unity” Jesus Torrealba.
A considerable impetus to the rapprochement of the parties and gave the authority of Pope Francis, who in the negotiations was not present but had provided the Vatican as a platform for dialogue. The opposition Venezuela, which unites right-wing conservative forces, the head of the Catholic Church has a serious effect.
Large-scale street protests against the President began in the summer, when the Venezuelan electoral Commission began to put obstacles to the process of organizing a referendum for the resignation of Maduro. The CEC refused to register hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of a plebiscite and eventually tore the initiative. On 21 October there was an official statement that a referendum will not be.
After that the opposition began to seek a vote of confidence in Maduro. Despite opposition from the Executive, in Parliament from the opposition of the majority was a chance to bring this initiative to the end.
From Maduro had harsh measures to suppress opposition. Last week, he already held an emergency meeting of the security Council of Venezuela to counter a “coup attempt”.
However, the willingness of Maduro to sit down at the negotiating table was affected by the catastrophic economic situation in the country, which led out into the street not only in permanent opposition activists, but also Housewives and retirees.
The President of Venezuela, a former bus driver, I had to remember his past and trade Union participation in negotiations with the government.
Maduro bleed the pressure
According to the American edition of the Miami Herald, the opposition don’t trust Maduro. “Given the long list of false promises Maduro, and the absence of concessions from the government, there is little confidence that the dialogue will succeed,” – said in an editorial.
In 2014, Maduro has held talks with the opposition, meeting with his main opponent, the Governor of one of the Mexican States Enrique Capriles. However, the talks have not ended in agreement. Maduro himself after the failure of the diplomatic process, said that if he in the future will meet the opposition, it will need to declare a “traitor of the ideals of chavismo”.
Now Maduro seems to have found a way to avoid accusations of duplicity. On 1 November he went on television and explained his position regarding the new round of talks with political rivals.
According to him, those opposition forces that are now negotiating with the authorities – is still not the “US agents” and representatives of the people of Venezuela who are striving to keep the peace. The same opposition who refuse to dialogue with the terrorists.
Maduro was referring to his old rival Leopold Lopez and his party “people’s will”. “This is a terrorist group that is acting outside the law. I hope that the court will deal with these people – said the President of Venezuela. – As head of state, I support any steps that will make them pay for their actions”.
Sam Lopez, a former mayor of the municipality of Chacao, has received one state award for merit, is now in jail. The courts in Venezuela is controlled by the President.
Juan Carlos Hidalgo, a leading expert on Venezuela from the Cato Institute in Washington, said earlier “Газете.Ru” that Maduro is trying to use the internal split within the opposition in its favor. “The opposition divided into two camps. The first believes that we need to act by legal means. The other is that the government is a dictatorship and the only way to remove it is to go outside,” – said the source “Газеты.Ru”. According to experts, this split will allow Maduro to play on contradictions and to remain in power.
