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As Venezuela heads for crucial elections in just over a week’s time, the Venezuelan bishops release a message urging citizens not to abstain from the polls to help build a better future for the country.
In light of the importance of the elections’ outcome, the Venezuelan bishops have issued a Pastoral exhortation urging all citizens not to abstain from the polls to build a better future for the country.“We need to overcome the temptation of abstention and apathy”, in the awareness that"free, conscious and responsible participation in these elections is of great importance for planning a future of hope and building a country of progress, peace, justice and freedom", they said.
Hyperinflation, violence and social conflicts, constant political tensions, intensification of climate threats and natural disasters along with the Covid 19 pandemic have worsened the living and health conditions especially of the most vulnerable, including women, children and indigenous peoples.
Some 7 million Venezuelans have been forced to leave the country over the past ten years, in which opposition protests have been repeatedly repressed and hundreds of opposition leaders have been arrested, or exiled.The bishops note that the electoral system in Venezuela is “atypical” by normal democratic standards , as it doesn’t grant equal opportunities to everyone.
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