Nicolas Maduro lose the 2013 elections

In 2013 Maduro ran for president of Venezuela, at this time he was at his weakest, he assumed the presidency just because Hugo Chavez died, at the time Venezuela's electoral system was fair, or at the very least way less prone to rigging than the current elections, elections were montired by a British company and Chavez was very strict regarding fair elections as he had never needed to rig an election and he mantained his international legitimacy solely on the claim that he won free and fair elections. This was demonstrated when the Venezuelan opposition actually won on the Parliamentary elections:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Venezuelan_parliamentary_election

So let's suppose that the crisis speeds up a few months earlier or something else happen and the opposition manages to get those few votes needed to win and Maduro lost the election. What would happen?
 
PSUV calls a constitutional assembly, which dismisses Capriles.
The question is does Maduro come back as "president of the constituent assembly", or does another Chavista get the spot.
 
PSUV calls a constitutional assembly, which dismisses Capriles.
The question is does Maduro come back as "president of the constituent assembly", or does another Chavista get the spot.

But there is a problem:

1) The Constitutent Assembly wasn't formed yet

2) Because the elections weren't rigged by the government yet (Chavez designed it this way) if they summon a Constitutent Assembly they might actually lose the vote, which would mean immediate death of Chavismo

However back them Chavistas controlled the National Assembly (Congress) and the Supreme Court, so they might be able to use that instead.

And in case Maduro is ousted, definitively another Chavista will get the spot. Maduro's entire power was inherited from Chavez and held by the office of the president. With him out, even briefly, it is likely a strong Chavista will take the spot, likely Diosdado Cabello which was seen consistently as No. 2 in the regime and had the support of the army. It is interesting to note that as an often overlooked fact, Cabello is the president of the Constitutent Assembly, which is more powerful than Maduro, at least in theory. However it is also possible the spot goes to Jorge Arreaza which was the vicepresident of Venezuela as he is supposed to succeed the president if he goes out, with the exception if the president elect goes out, in this case the spot goes to the president of the Congress (Diosdado Cabello). So it would depend on how Chavistas would interpret it in the case Capriles gets forced out, if they claim he was always illegitimate and thus never became president then Diosdado would get the spot, if they claim that Capriles is being forced out after being sworn in then Arreaza will get the spot.

OTL it is to note that Diosdado Cabello should had become temporary president when Chavez died, the Constitution demanded so, as Chavez just won the election and thus was president elect, this was however ignored under the far fetched interpretation that because Chavez was already president due reelection it was to be taken as if he wasn't president elect and the spot was given to Maduro, this might imply that there are some powerful sectors in Venezuela's inner circle that are not willing to let Cabello take the top spot for whatever reason.
 
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