Chavez will not return to take the oath in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen publicly in a month since undergoing a complex cancer surgery in Cuba, will not be back in Venezuela on Thursday to be sworn in for a fourth term, his government announced Tuesday.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a letter read on national television that Chavez would extend his “post-surgery recovery process beyond Jan. 10 of this year,” the date on which the constitution says the president should be inaugurated before the country’s legislature.
“Because of this he will not be able to appear on that date before the National Assembly,” said the letter, which was read before lawmakers by the president of the assembly, Diosdado Cabello. The letter went on to say that the circumstances of Chavez’s absence trigger application of a constitutional article permitting him to take the oath at a later, undetermined date.
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I wonder if the “revolutionary bloc” will posit that Chavez has the capacity to rule from Hell, should he pass on to his just rewards before the next election.
ExpressoBold on January 9, 2013 at 7:28 AM
Well, looks like all Hell is about to break loose down there. Because the Constitution of Venezuela says this triggers another election
Sekhmet on January 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM
Generalissimo Hugo Chavez is still “delicate”.
Steve Eggleston on January 9, 2013 at 8:37 AM
He stole the election for nothing.
DeathtotheSwiss on January 9, 2013 at 8:47 AM
“Oath? We don’t need no stinkin’ oath …”
– Hugo Chavez, Barack Obama and his Cabinet, and most of the U.S. Congress
ShainS on January 9, 2013 at 9:05 AM