Venezuelans stranded in Colombia after border shutdown ahead of vote

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130409/venezuelans-stranded-in-colombia-after-border-shutdown-ahead-of-vote

The action was taken without prior notice by the authorities


Ahead of the presidential vote to be held next April 14, Venezuelan authorities early on Tuesday closed the Venezuela-Colombia border without prior notice.

In previous ballots, the border was closed 48 hours prior to the election. However, in the gubernatorial vote held last December 16, the border was closed on December 12.

Last week, César Pérez Vivas, the former governor of Táchira state, west Venezuela, and member of opposition electoral campaign team Simón Bolívar in the region, requested the National Electoral Council (CNE) to bring back to normal the date the border is supposed to be closed. The request sought to avoid discomfort and losses to the local community.

"Some people work in Colombia, but their homes are in Venezuela. Whenever the border is closed as it has been done lately, that is, suddenly, without prior notice, thus restraining the access to the Republic to vote or to be at home, there is a violation of a fundamental human right," the former governor stated.


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excellent planning.

[joshcryer]

1. They disenfranchise any way they can.

[Zorro]

2. I think Manuro has a lock on the election

Don't see any need to artificially restrict voting.

[naaman fletcher]

3. What

Is the theoretical reason for closing the border ahead of an election?

[Bacchus4.0]

4. I can only speculate

including that nasty foreign intervention chavistas always talk about, perhaps prevent transporting alcohol from neighboring countries since there is sure to be a "ley seca" for election day. Kind of dumb to do it almost a week before though. Actually, really dumb.