08-18-2020.- The Constituent for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela to the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Nestor France, affirmed today that the upcoming elections of deputies to the National Assembly scheduled for December “are made so that the PSUV still being a minority. “
This was stated during an interview with Vladimir Villegas on Unión Radio, in which he also claimed to have found out through television about the dissolution of the ANC announced by President Nicolás Maduro. “If the President announces something that has not been discussed by the Constituent Assembly, he is usurping a function that we as a body have. I found out yesterday on television and I am a Constituent,” he said.
“That Constituent Assembly has not fulfilled the role of a Constituent Assembly. What this Constituent Assembly has served is to reinforce the power and control of the PSUV. That is the truth and I am very sorry and I apologize to my electors for having been part of that, “he added.
“That tale of Participatory and Protagonist Democracy is rather in decline,” he said.
When asked about the drafting of a new Constitution by that body, France stated that “if there is a draft Constitution, it is a closely guarded secret … The National Constituent Assembly is like a dependency of the PSUV … decisions are made in cenacles. “
The Constituent Assembly expressed its disagreement with the way in which decisions are made within the PSUV and the government. “In Chavismo an absurd phrase has been imposed, which is ‘whatever Nicolás says,'” he said.
For France, who is also a poet, essayist, screenwriter and columnist, “the Constituent Assembly has been a futile experiment.”
“I think it would be good for people to vote, especially to vote for options other than those of the PSUV because the PSUV is going to win the elections … these are elections for the PSUV to obtain a majority even with a minority of votes, because the PSUV It is not going to get even 30% of the votes corresponding to the electoral roll, “said the Constituentist.
He expressed his wishes that a center-left alliance be created that includes organizations such as the PPT, PCV, Marea Socialista, the Platform in Defense of the Constitution, the MAS, REDES, which presents a “different vision of the country”, but ” not to overthrow the government. “
