Pres. Maduro presides working meeting for Aug. 25 community consultation
Statements made by the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro as he presides the working meeting for the community consultation that will take place next August 25th. teleSUR
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00:00I was talking to Comrade Prado, Comrade Hector Rodríguez, Comrade Jorge Riajaza, who are
00:09in the Commission of the Organizing Commission.
00:15I was talking, always, Licenciado Paria, Rector of the CNE, in charge of the organization
00:22of this process, of this electoral process, election 2024, of the community circuits.
00:32We were talking that, precisely, each communal circuit is choosing its project.
00:41At this height level, I can inform you that the projects that have been submitted are
00:53around 27,400 projects, which has been proposed.
01:00On average, about six projects per community circuits, and some of them are seven or five.
01:08Twenty-seven thousand four hundred twenty.
01:13For example, in Sully, they have proposed 2,700 projects, in Lara, 2,000, in Caracas,
01:221,000, in Barinas, 1,500, 17, and so on.
01:30In Suaté, 1,274, Miranda, 1,345.
01:39And the community should complete the cycle of assemblies, of debate, proposal of projects,
01:50and approval by majority of the six, seven projects that the community put in play.
02:01This is the second election, direct popular election, popular democratic election, that
02:07we do at the national level.
02:09The first one was in April.
02:11It was a test.
02:12It was a success that we had, and the community should now complete their project that I proposed
02:20in the permigration that I did for more than 300 cities, that with a homeland plan, we
02:28were launching a new phase of the direct democracy, of the popular democracy, the socialist democracy.
02:34So I assume the commitment in Canima, in Baracaibo, in Barquisimeto, in Mamera, in Barcelona,
02:42in Punto Fijo, in Portordaz, I assume the commitment with you to strengthen for and
02:50to launch four consultations per year, one per trimester of the prioritized projects
02:57in the communities.
02:58Do you want more democracy?
03:01Yes, we want more democracy.
03:03More democracy?
03:04Yes, we're just building more, and in Venezuela there will be more democracy, but the democracy
03:09that is established by the Constitution, our model, not the model of a bourgeois democracy
03:15representative which is false, which the West and capitalists want to sell as the only model.
03:24We have our own model, our own national model, Venezuelan model, made in Venezuela.
03:32The project that we are revising, precisely because this will allow us, imagine every
03:40three months the communities will be voting and to approve their own projects on a majority
03:49basis.
03:50They will go to vote for their project, and every three months the funds will be arriving
03:58to you.
03:59That is to say that they will have a very fruitful work in order to deal with the issues
04:05that are prioritized.
04:08What are the projects that are prioritized handling the internal water supply?
04:14Water.
04:16Okay, this is like one by seven of a good governance that reports water.
04:25Fundamental report.
04:27Viability in the community, in the neighborhood.
04:32Third priority, which is established, electricity, illumination, etc.
04:40Fourth, health.
04:44Fifth, education.
04:48Sixth, environment.
04:50Seven walls.
04:53We have a very important wall in the community in Guaquire, right?
04:58Then afterwards it goes productive services, infrastructure, sea infrastructure, agriculture,
05:05sports, sports courts, industrial process, public transportation, agriculture systems,
05:13tourism.
05:14That is to say, all the priorities will be combined that will mark the life of the community
05:22What should democracy be?
05:25The empowerment of the citizens, of men, of women.
05:29The regular citizen in his community as social being.
05:34I would like the Ministry of People's Power, Angel Prado, to tell us with this format that
05:43I have been able to explain how the process of postulation actually is going on.
05:51Good afternoon, Mr. President.
05:52Good afternoon, all the countries.
05:54Good afternoon, the communities that are now in the popular assembly.
05:59This really is a very big party, electoral party.
06:03There's a lot of work in the territory in the implementation of the 4,500 projects that
06:09have been already funded.
06:11The projects that are now being complemented by other institutions that have been supporting
06:16technical equipment and that the community is valuing the potential and using the potential
06:21of the community has strengthened, has increased, perhaps not in the financial area, but the
06:28force to find and to achieve these projects.
06:32And at the same time, Mr. President, people are getting ready, the people are, the communities,
06:36the circuits are getting ready for this next popular consultation.
06:41There's a big debate which has been retaken, the community assembly, the debate, the priority
06:48of projects, the socialism, the territorial socialism, everybody in the community, the
06:5370% of leaders.
06:55We are live in Caracas, Venezuela, where President Nicolás Maduro offered statements from the
07:00Sol del Perú Hall of the Mila Frères Palace during a working meeting for the communal
07:05consultation of August 25th.
07:07In his remarks, the President called for a process of transformation, of creation, that
07:12gathers the immense force of the Venezuelan people.
07:15The people is defending peace in a perfect union designed in the future of Venezuela,
07:20a country that is on the right side of history with the legacy of Commander Hugo Chávez
07:24as the most dearest treasure.
07:26Those were the words of the President Nicolás Maduro.
07:29In the upcoming months, the government will focus its efforts in key sectors like energy,
07:36health, agriculture, sports, public transportation, tourism and many others to empower citizens
07:41in their communities.
07:43This is all for the moment, stay tuned with From the South.