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December 17th 2006

Chavez: we are set for socialism

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela clarifies the aims of the Bolivarian revolution

Caracas, 15 December:  At a ceremony in recognition of Commando Miranda [1], the re-elected president Hugo Chavez guaranteed that the great themes for 2007 will be socialism, the united party and constitutional reform.

From the Teresa Carreno theatre, in the capital of Venezuela, the leader of the Bolivarian revolution headed a ceremony to congratulate his campaign command for the overwhelming victory achieved at the December election.

Even before the election, great feats had outlined the issues that are set to be the main debates during the coming year. 

Socialism will be the fundamental issue. "I have not deceived anyone in Venezuela. We are set for socialism. A new socialism, our own. We must plan and give birth to it", he pronounced.

After citing Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Chavez affirmed that "the transformation of the economic model is fundamental if we want to construct a true socialism". Later he added that the construction of socialism had hardly begun in Venezuela. "Right now we've hardly begun to even visualize it".

He recalled that eight years ago he announced the call for a constituent assembly - "and so it was done".

Regarding the single party, Chavez announced that the name could be PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela).

He called for the leadership of the new party to be elected by the base. "Enough of the little finger, of the finger, and often, of my own finger", he admitted in reference to the selection of candidates for governors and mayors for recent elections.

President Chavez, without mincing words, said the alliance of multiple parties supported a truth as wide as the sky. But "the people's votes are for Chavez, not for lies" he declared.

[It should be] a single party, not a broad front, Chavez explained. "Forget the colours, the symbols. They are insignificant. The important thing is a party of the homeland", he declared.

Those parties that do not wish to be part of it may continue down their own path, he clarified. 

Chavez's comments were a response to the endless declarations that dozens of Bolivarian politicians have made on the quantity of parties "achieved" by the red cause.

"The Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) [2] has passed into history", said the president.

On the theme of constitutional reform, Chavez did not provide more detail. He has previously declared that some adjustments are necessary “ among them, the indefinite re-election of the president.

[1] Commando Miranda is the name of Chavez's electoral campaign team

[2] the MVR, founded by Hugo Chavez in 1998, is the largest political party in the alliance for the Bolivarian revolution

From Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN) / apporrea.org

Spanish original: http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n87976.html