The general secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro assured that a process of “cohabitation with counterweights in Venezuela” is necessary, however, he warned that practically no one is prepared for that exercise.
«Cohabitation is an exercise for which I have not seen practically anyone prepared in Venezuela. But that makes it even more necessary, in the sense that it implies an exercise in real political dialogue, shared institutionality, shared state powers. Sharing the Executive is complex and very difficult. In a permanent tension scheme, it has to be regulated in such detail that the best formula is still the Swiss formula of the collegiate system. The regional example is the Uruguayan Constitution of 1952,” Almagro wrote in his article entitled “The hell of the path that never forks,” in his column published in the weekly ChroniclesFrom Uruguay.
“Sharing is counterbalancing. Cohabitation without counterweights can become complicity. The cohabitation scheme to be discussed in a dialogue process must provide guarantees of counterweights for those who cohabit. Otherwise it will be one more frustration », she added.
In his writing he highlights the situation of political crisiseconomic and social in which Venezuela remains.
“Venezuela continues down the path of destruction, of lack of guarantees, of lack of life options for the people. We still count political prisoners, tortured, extrajudicial executions, criminal activities such as drug trafficking, illegal mining, smuggling, corruption », he says.
