In Venezuela, everything is ready for citizens to elect 15 thousand peace judges for the first time on December 15th. Our correspondent with the details.
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00:00To go more in details about this important election being held in Venezuela, let's welcome
00:05once again our correspondent Gladys Quezada for more details.
00:08Hello Gladys, what can you tell us?
00:11Hello Luis, yes precisely, we continue here in Nahuatl, one of the many coastal towns
00:22here in La Guaira, the state of La Guaira that welcomes the people that goes to Caracas,
00:28the capital of Venezuela.
00:30As you can see, the lines of voters, of people from the town and the community is growing
00:35up, is getting larger because people are coming in here and expecting the right to vote.
00:42We have two lines because this line you have in screen is the line for the elderly and
00:47the line for older people and the other one is that the people are coming and they are
00:53youngsters, they are older, that come with their children and all the family.
00:58Now we are going to get into the voting center to explain to you a little bit more regarding
01:05these elections.
01:06Let me tell you that this voting center in Nahuatl serves 24,000 people and also is electing
01:15out of 30 candidates, they are choosing 6 people, they are choosing 6 candidates, they
01:22have 6 justices and 6 substitutes for those who are elected.
01:29And as you can see, this is a school and now is functioning as a voting center because
01:35this is a tradition here in Venezuela and you can see the lineup of people that are
01:39waiting and expecting to cast their vote in this election of the peace justices.
01:46I have to say, many people are asking themselves about this new process, this is other stage
01:52of the election of the communal structure and that's to say that these people is going
01:59to be the ones that mediate in internal conflicts and it's important for them to be the ones
02:05from the community, from the social gatherings, they know the people, they know the circumstances
02:11and the know-how of the communities.
02:14And as you can see, this is the way they have organized the system to vote.
02:19So here we have the president of the voting table and she verifies the identity of every
02:25one of the voters and the community members that come in here.
02:29So they take one of these ballots so they can cast their vote for a candidate, one of
02:35the 3 candidates that have an identity with a letter A, B or C and afterwards they check
02:43their identity, they have to present and hand out their identity card with a number
02:50so they are checked and they afterwards come to that part because the vote is secret and
02:56afterwards they put the ballot in that box.
03:00So as you can see, this is certified with the National Electoral Council verifying this
03:06information so this is a legal, constitutional, institutional process besides the fact that
03:12it's a community act, a community process also.
03:16As you can see, people have to go there, cast their vote, they are complying with the process
03:21with the protocol of elections as normal, as usual.
03:25This is a written election, this is not using digital machines as the presidential elections
03:31or other ones here in Venezuela and afterwards they have to, you know, to check and give
03:40again their information so they have to present again their identity cards and their fingerprint
03:46as a proof and evidence that they were the person they say they are, that they are casting
03:52their ballot, that they have the voting age which is 15 years old in the community processes.
03:58So all of this, as you can see, is structured, is organized and is a full legal process that
04:06is enforced right now here in Venezuela and you had the opportunity with our audience
04:12to witness how this process is carried out and as you can see, people with maybe disabilities
04:18or other limitations and the elderly, they have, you know, they are a priority, they
04:24are accompanied by their neighbors that come in here because everyone has the right to
04:28vote and everyone comes in here and they find assistance if they need so.
04:34So far people are still coming in, as I was saying to you, the authorities of this voting
04:38center told me that they are serving 24,000 people of all the town of Nayhuatl and I have
04:46to say people is just coming and coming and the lines are getting larger.
04:51So far this is the process, we are expecting more information from the national authorities
04:55regarding this process that also has been conducted by the vice president of the National
05:01Assembly, Pedro Infante Aparicio and also supported by the president, Nicolás Maduro
05:05Moros.
05:06They have been giving the people advices, they are having these instructive activities
05:11because it's not only for them to come and vote, it's to understand the priorities, it's
05:17to understand the community mechanisms and how they can learn to have the popular will,
05:23the popular power and to enhance it through this kind of activities and mechanisms and
05:28then get that into ways of reality and to means and to be amongst the community and
05:36to be part of their leadership.
05:39So far that's the information, Luis, that's what we have for you.
05:44But we will stay here and afterwards we will tour other voting centers to collect more
05:49information and more data for you and our audience.
05:52Now I'm going to give you back the signal, back to you.