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Good and bad news for Hugo Chavez:

Venezuela (Reuters) – Parties allied to Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez won 89 percent of votes counted in a preliminary tally of nearly 80 percent of the ballots for the National Assembly, electoral authorities said on Sunday.

The National Electoral Council said turnout was of 25 percent of registered voters. Main opposition parties boycotted the poll, accusing electoral authorities of favoring the populist leader and manipulating electronic voting machines.

25% turnout is not good, especially as it would seem to indicate support for the boycott and, further, concern about the legitimacy of the election.

Yes, I know that Chavez is trying to build “participatory democracy”. I just wish that he and his allies would demonstrate more concern for old fashioned constitutional electoral democracy. The two are not necessarily in conflict, and disregard for the latter suggests that the former doesn’t hold great promise.

Via Fruits and Votes.

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