Chavez Names Maduro Successor As He Prepares for Cancer Surgery


Hugo Chavez named a successor today as he prepared to travel to Cuba for more cancer surgery.
Bloomberg reported:

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, preparing to travel to Cuba for further cancer surgery, yesterday named Vice President Nicolas Maduro to carry out his legacy if he is unable to remain in office.

Chavez, who spoke in a national television and radio address, said he requires more surgery after malignant cells were detected in the same area as his previous cancer during health exams held over the past month in Cuba. The National Assembly today approved his request to be absent from the country for more than five days as he travels to the Caribbean island.

“There is risk in this process that you can’t deny,” said Chavez, who won re-election to a third six-year term on Oct. 7. “If something happens that disables me some way, my irrevocable opinion is that you should elect Nicolas Maduro as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”

Under Venezuelan law, if Chavez is too ill to carry out his duties, the vice president would take over until the beginning of the new presidential term on Jan. 10. If Chavez is unable to attend the inauguration scheduled on that date, the president of the National Assembly would assume power while elections are arranged within 30 days. If he does take office and then becomes too ill within the first four years of the term, the vice president takes over the presidency for 30 days while elections are held.

Barack Obama shakes hands with Hugo Chavez while his lackey Nicolas Maduro looks on.

Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro.

Maduro took part in a failed coup attempt in Venezuela on February 4, 1992, that Chavez led against then-president Carlos Andres Perez. Today he’s a top official in the  Chavez government.

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