Venezuela, close to 20 million citizens voted to elect justices of communal place

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*Election to choose 15,000 Peace Justices from over 52,288 registered candidates *Election date also celebrates the constitution’s 25th anniversary *The election of Justice of Peace is step forward in the construction of the communal state

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00:00Venezuela continues to build a different kind of the government and democracy, a process that was

00:04evidenced with the massive turnout for the election of justices of communal peace.

00:09Details with our correspondent Gladys Quesada.

00:13Close to 20 million Venezuelans were summoned to the polls once again this Sunday, this time

00:19to elect the justices of the peace, an instance of the communal power designed to settle minor

00:25disputes, family or neighborhood unrest, as well as to maintain order and civility

00:32within each commune. It is the first vote of this kind in the country.

00:39Today, we are very happy and grateful to God because since very early in the morning,

00:43we are here in the voting center to exercise our right to vote

00:49and thus continue to ensure the peace of our country.

00:52Venezuela, as our President Nicolas Maduro has indicated.

00:59From here, we can show the whole world that we are a symbol of peace.

01:03Venezuela is a symbol of peace and that is why I exercise my right to vote on this beautiful Sunday.

01:11The opening of the center was at eight o'clock in the morning without any inconvenience.

01:15Thank God we have had enough people coming to the center.

01:18So far, there are no problems at the voting center.

01:22This process will officially see 15,000 peace justices and their respective alternates elected

01:30from among 52,288 registered candidates. Thus, it is in compliance with the provisions of the

01:39organic law of the special communal justice of the peace jurisdiction approved last November.

01:47This is the result that we are offering the revolution. This is the proof that our President

01:51Nicolas Maduro can count on the organized people, on the popular power, on the communal councils,

01:56on the local committees of supply and production, and the communes

01:59to continue advancing and transforming our beautiful Venezuela.

02:05With this voting, the nation also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Covenant Constitution

02:11approved under the government of late Commander Hugo Chavez. The Covenant leaders know its value.

02:18Today we are seeing the popular power,

02:23and 25 years ago we were moving as a Venezuelan people, exercising our right to vote.

02:30And we managed to reach 71%. More than 71% voted yes to this Constitution of the Bolivarian

02:37Republic of Venezuela, which is allowing us today to crystallize that Article 258.

02:43We all said yes to that Article 258, which is currently being implemented in each of the

02:48territories, when it says that all justices of peace must be elected by a direct,

02:53secret and universal election.

02:57Venezuela advances in the construction of the communal state, the future of popular governance,

03:02and the conception of horizontal structures from the people and with the people.

03:08Gladys Cazara, Telesur, Caracas, Venezuela.

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