Waching daily Jan 28 2019

target practice under the eyes of President Nicolas Maduro it took place

at Fort Peres makai where in 2017 a group of soldiers rose up against the

government this time it was about showing loyalty are you plotting a coup

or are you constitutionalists traitors never always loyal

Maduro seized the hand of western governments behind opposition protests

he says they're trying to overthrow him he knows the military is key to staying

in power opposition leader Juan Guido is trying to convince the military to join

his side following a church service for victims of violent street clashes he

made a direct appeal Venezuelan soldiers I'm talking to you this is the moment to

be on the Constitution side don't be afraid Guido's supporters are spreading

out across the country going to army barracks to spread the word Cueto has

proposed an amnesty in a bid to convince Venezuelan soldiers to join the

opposition none of the soldiers wants to be seen switching sides on camera one

says that the military is still firmly on the side of Maduro

a1 guido and his supporters hope that this will change in the coming days okay

it's let's get more now from Jennifer Camino Gonzalez she's a Venezuelan

journalist with DW in bomb Jennifer how important is the military's

role in resolving this crisis well they're critical I mean this is the

institution in Venezuela that decides honestly because they have the weapons

who is in power and who's not at a critical moment like this of course the

top leadership has sided with Maduro but the thing is it is about the lower ranks

if the lower ranks break from the military then the

weakens and then they have to sort of in a divided situation they could mean the

difference between Maduro being strong and Maduro being weak and so right now

as the top brass is backing him the opposition is clearly going for those

people in the barracks of people at the lower ranks to try to make the

difference right there now talking about the opposition the self-declared

president guido who is medoras rival at this point is calling for public protest

this week on Wednesday and Saturday numerous people were killed in previous

protests what can we expect this time well you should expect this showing

because the opposition and its supporters are fired up right now this

this declaration this proclamation of this interim presidency has really

breathe new life into the opposition now of course there's a fear and many people

fear of reprisals of violence but they know that the world is watching so I

think that we should expect people to come out but this is also going to be

the test how many people actually come out can the opposition bring another

showing quite like the one in the last week on the 23rd of January it remains

to be seen but I would say that they will come out now several European

governments including Germany have said they will recognize wite-out as

president if Maduro doesn't call fresh elections by Sunday

any chance of Maduro doing that it's not likely

Maduro knows that if you were to have an election it would also be heavily

monitored because they haven't just asked for an election they've asked for

a credible election and this is exactly the problem the last election that he

held he can't hold elections it's just that the last election was was basically

deemed a sham it was it was not credible and so he would not want to invite all

of that and all of an international attention

not to mention that if a credible election were to take place it is not

likely that he would win he doesn't seem to have a hole in the population that he

used to so it would be it would be shocking to me if he did and if he did

do that it's not likely that the election would actually be credible now

for people who are just coming in on this crisis Venezuela has been deal

with it for a while remind us again what led to cuido declaring himself interim

president seguido has declared himself interim president based on the

Constitution the Venezuelan Constitution allows for this because if a president

is in the case of what they say which is illegitimate or if the case ever the

president is not present then it falls on the National Assembly President to be

the interim president until elections can be called now what led to this

well basically 2017 is the key year that is when Maduro decided to strip the

national assembly off of its power and create an alternate legislature and so

because the National Assembly is controlled by the opposition they

basically stripped the opposition from any power so of course this this was a

move that he won but now this is the next step Jennifer thank you so much

Jennifer Camino Gonzalez they are talking to us from bomb

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