72.2% want to elect a new government through elections

November 29, 2018 1h15

72.2% of the population believes that a new government should be elected by means of elections, according to the latest survey conducted by the Center for Political Studies and Government of Andrés Catholic University Bello and the Delphos Institute.

The national survey, in which 1,200 people were consulted, revealed that 48.8% of citizens preferred the change of government to be by vote; 13.1%, with the resignation of Nicolás Maduro; 7.3%, with foreign intervention and 7.3%, due to the social explosion.

"Nearly half of the population wants change to happen through elections, which demystifies that no one wants to vote here, apart from war and intervention," said Felix Seijas, president of the office. survey, during a meeting with journalists held at the headquarters of Cepyg -UCAB in La Castellana.

According to this survey, 47% of the population believes that it is very necessary to define a leader who leads the struggle for change; 58.1% said that the choice should be made "very soon" and 54.8% said that this should be done through primaries organized by civil society, without the intervention of the National Electoral Council.

Seijas mentioned that 38.7% of respondents believe that the change of government could take place in the next 12 months and 29.2% think this is possible. "Expectations of change have diminished, and that is the job an authoritarian regime must do: to suppress hopes for change."

He added that 34.4% think they should protest to generate a change; 17.1%, arms to fight, and 3.4%, refrain from paying. He pointed out that 64.8% held the government responsible for the situation in which the country was located, while 30.9% felt it was the fault of traders and 26.2% of the population.

"They think that the merchants have responsibilities because they speculate and that the pork, and the people, because they are the bachaquero." But it is clear that these are effects of the responsibility of the executive, "he explained.

Benigno Alarcón, director of Cepyg-UCAB, spoke about the book The consolidation of a democratic transition, which includes the proposal to elect a leader or "conductor" as the maximum expression of unity, leading the opposition's struggle toward a transition.

He indicated that the proposals, which will be debated tomorrow from 1:30 pm in UCAB's Aula Magna in Montalbán, articulate around three fundamental pillars: democracy, democracy, democracy and the rule of law. rule of law and state capacity.

"As long as we have a mobilized society, with leadership and a well-defined road map leading this great orchestra of 80% of the country that wants change, the transition will be in Venezuela," he said.