Towards a constitutional dictatorship?

The attitude of the constituents is saturated with arrogance. They feel left over, omnipotent, with unlimited faculty to do what they want. In his speeches, dictatorial, threatening expressions abound. They act like the untouchable kings of the region, without opponents, without criticism, without admitting any suggestion. They are the masters of Venezuela's destiny. They are "handsome and supportive".

I was struck by the overwhelming expressiveness of Constitutionalist lawyer Hermann Escarrá (staunch opponent of the Chávez and Maduro government before the death of his brother Carlos Escarrá) during his speech at the ANC session on Tuesday, October 2. The measured discourse between his gestures, his words and the content was, in practice, a declaration of the end of political rights in Venezuela, a deadly thrust to the right to protest and dissent towards the administration of Nicolás Maduro. An intimidating message "to the traitors of the fatherland".

Undoubtedly, we Venezuelans are facing an increasingly mediated institutionalism, totally kidnapped by the government. An institution infamous for its lack of autonomy. An institutionality that only operates through the threads of the powerful of the regime.

Who is considered traitors of the country? To the adversaries and dissidents of this government? To those who dare to satirize the blunders and the arrogance of the powerful?

Machiavelli, Stalin and Hitler are dwarfed by the debauchery of this new political and economic parasitic oligarchy that clung to power and intends to stay making cause with the Machiavellian principle: "the end justifies the means."

The current constitution, once the best in the world, in so little time has become a useless instrument for the achievement of objectives that only satisfy the desires of a powerful elite. It is a fossil that should be replaced as soon as possible. That justifies a new constitution. By good or bad they want to perpetuate themselves in command. It will dawn and we will see.

Paoli
9/11/2018