Maryhen Jimenez Morales

The ‘pop­u­lar con­sul­ta­tion’ it con­duct­ed in De­cem­ber has not done much to jump start a de­mo­c­ra­t­ic tran­si­tion.

Here is what the op­po­si­tion can do to get Venezuela out of the cur­rent cri­sis.

It needs strong in­sti­tu­tions and the rule of law.

If the Venezue­lan op­po­si­tion is tru­ly fight­ing for democ­ra­cy, it would not seek an al­liance with an un­de­mo­c­ra­t­ic leader.

Af­ter liv­ing in an elec­toral au­toc­ra­cy for 18 years, Venezuela is now ready to re­volt for democ­ra­cy.

The Bo­li­var­i­an project has failed to pro­vide for Venezue­lan cit­i­zens on the po­lit­i­cal, so­cial and eco­nom­ic fronts.

Re­sults from the lo­cal elec­tions in Venezuela show that Maduro’s elec­toral tri­umph needs to be re­vis­it­ed.