By: Dr Andreja Valič Zver
I first encountered the Venezuelan politician, dissident, political prisoner, analyst, and publicist Alejandro Peña Esclusa while reading his text on the São Paulo Forum. At that time, I read Alejandro’s lucid analysis in one sitting and pondered the many paths and deviations of democracy.
Many examples from the past and present prove that democracy is truly a form of political governance that has many, even serious, flaws, but no one has yet invented anything better. A few years ago, when the well-known left-leaning political scientist John Keane published a book titled The Life and Death of Democracy, we wondered what that meant. Even then, it did not make sense to us how so-called monitoring democracy (non-governmental organisations and various projects competing for funding both openly and behind the scenes) could replace so-called representative democracy (parliament, elected representatives). Nowadays, when unelected individuals strongly supported by authorities and influential figures (like Soros) in the form of NGOs try to impose their will on the entire world, it is clear that Keane and others like him were attempting to create a theoretical foundation for the rule of the unelected years ago.
The rule of the unelected, which we are also getting to know well in Slovenia through the actions of Kovač, Jenull, Jarc, and other street activists, tirelessly promotes left-wing agendas. Wherever needed, they loudly oppose right-wing governments and, along with the majority of the media, support destructive “green” and other socialist agendas. As elections approach, the unelected are on the front lines. And if, by chance, a left-wing government does not emerge, it is the end of the world for them.
In Venezuela, however, the alliance of the unelected and the international narco-mafia cartel almost went awry. After twenty-five years of socialist destruction of the once-rich Latin American country, its citizens have had enough. They want positive change. Those of us who lived through Yugoslavia certainly understand them completely. Polls before the elections at the end of July indicated a strong victory for Venezuela’s democratic forces, led by opposition leader María Corina Machado. However, the Venezuelan dictator Maduro shamelessly declared himself the winner with 51% of the votes. Even the cows would laugh at such an obvious electoral fraud. Maduro, with the help of the military and police, is trying to suppress the enraged crowds on the streets, but who knows how long he will succeed.
The international democratic community reacted quickly. Many Latin American countries rejected the results and do not recognise Maduro as the old-new “unelected” president. They demand respect for the will of the people. The European Union also surprisingly took a quick and firm stance. However, the Slovenian authorities, as is typical for “friendly socialist states”, are only calling on Venezuela to publish the election records and are delaying support for the democratic Venezuelan opposition. Moreover, the “liberated” public RTV, represented by a known extremist journalist, titled a piece about the elections with the question of whether the election results in Venezuela are simply results that “do not suit the USA”. The piece continued in the well-known leftist manner, claiming that the U.S. has been “concerned” for 25 years about Venezuelan leadership, which “neither under Chavez nor under Maduro has yielded to Washington”. Of course, we are very worried that such writings, which belong in the far-left junkyard, unfortunately have a detrimental impact on Slovenian public opinion. After all, polls show that Slovenians are among the nations that most hate Americans. We have found ourselves in the shameful company of uncivilised societies from the Middle East and Far East. What must happen for the “weather to clear up” for us Slovenians?
Amid all the turbulent summer events, we cannot help but feel that electoral fraud could happen in the much-anticipated U.S. elections this November. Alejandro Peña Esclusa would list among the fraudulent tools the media, judiciary, electoral commissions, vote counting, digital fraud, etc. All careful observers clearly see that the powerful machinery of unelected rule is already in full swing in the U.S. as well. The media, which just a few weeks ago assured us that Biden is completely “fit” for another run, have changed their tune and are now praising the new-old candidate Harris. The so-called public opinion polls faithfully follow them. When the judiciary gets more actively involved, many things could happen to prevent Trump’s return to Washington. As Slovenians, who have rich experience with the Patria affair, the majority left-leaning media, fake public opinion polls, threats to “Janšists”, and much more, we understand this very well. I only fear that we learn nothing from all our domestic and foreign mishaps.