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In Venezuela, citizens are electing 15,000 peace judges for the first time on December 15th. Our correspondent, Gladys Quesada, with the details. teleSUR

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00:00And in this context, we go now to our correspondent in Caracas, Gladys Quezada.

00:04Hi, Gladys.

00:05Tell us the latest over there.

00:06Yes.

00:07Thanks for the time and the contact here in Tell Us Your English, and with From the South

00:14to all our audience, and the opportunity to tell you what is going on here in Venezuela.

00:19Now we have been doing this report all over the day with the consultation and the voting

00:25for the peace justices here in Venezuela.

00:28The peace justices are an instance of the communal state, of the communal justice, and

00:33are part of the construction of a new way of enhance the democracy and the government

00:39here in Venezuela.

00:40This is the first time that this is being done in Venezuela and in the world, because

00:45the structures are also renewing under this new form of governance.

00:50I have to say today, December 15th, is not only the voting for the peace justices, it's

00:55also the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the constitution that was enabled and enacted

01:02by the then president and now late commander of the Bolivarian revolution, Rafael Chavez

01:07Frias.

01:08And also, I have to say that the election of the peace justices is one of the many ways

01:14to ensure that the justice, the peace, the concord, and the agreements come from the

01:20people to the people and for the people, because those who are being elected today, they have

01:25no information on the legal matters, they have the goodwill, they have the approval

01:30of the people, and they have the know-how of the territories, the communes, the municipalities,

01:36and the regions.

01:37I have to say also that Venezuelans are going to choose among 15,000 justices of peace,

01:45and out of those, they are going to choose also the substitutes to ensure the continuity

01:50of that legal process.

01:52The justices are going to intervene in minor legal matters, that's to say, minor robbery,

01:59familiar disputes, territorial disputes, and other neighborhood conflicts that could appear,

02:05and they have now the authority to intervene and to decide on these cases.

02:10Also, they have the most representation and the most backing of their people, because

02:15they are respected subjects of these communities and these communes.

02:19This, as I was saying, is the way, is the acme, is the top of these consultations of

02:25the people, and a way to enhance, to construct the communal future and the communal state

02:32for Venezuela.

02:33Also, this is one of the last consultations, because now coming into the end of the year,

02:39this is a moment for reflection, is a moment for review, and for summarizing what has been

02:44done in favor of the people, and this is the last one.

02:47So for today, the opening hours was 8 a.m., and the closing hours was programmed for 4

02:54p.m., but because of the long lines and the coming up of people, they decided, the authorities

03:01decided to extend the voting hours until 8 p.m., four more hours, so everyone who wants

03:07to vote can do so and can come to the voting centers and cast their ballots here.

03:12Those are the main topics of today, those are the main issues of this news topic here

03:18in Venezuela, and now I'm giving the signal back to you.

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