Movimiento Quinta República
Leader	Hugo Chávez
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Caracas
Political ideology	Left-wing, Socialism, Nationalism
International affiliation
Website	Official site

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At the legislative elections on 30 July 2000, the party won 76 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly. On the same day Hugo Chávez was elected president in the presidential elections with 59.5 % of votes. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Venezuela gives information on election and election results in Venezuela. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The National Assembly (Spanish Asamblea Nacional) is the current legislative branch of the Venezuelan government. ... A presidential election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 30 July 2000. ...

In the parliamentary elections of December 4, 2005, the party won 114 out of 167 seats with allied parties winning the remaining seats. However, voter participation was a record low of only 25 % (this due to an opposition boycott). December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th on leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Leaders of Party

Hugo Chávez, Diosdado Cabello, Jesse Chacón Escamillo, Cilia Flores, Francisco Ameliach, Luis Tascón, Darío Vivas, Iris Varela, William Lara, Tarek William Saab and Juan Barreto. Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born April 15, 1963) is a Venezuelan politician. ... Luis Tascón Gutiérrez (Capacho, Táchira) is a Venezuelan politician and member of the Venezuelan National Assembly. ... Tarek William Saab Halabi (El Tigre, Anzoátegui 1963) is an Arab-Venezuelan politician, lawyer and poet. ... Juan Barreto (right) with José Vicente Rangel Juan Barreto (born 1959) is a politician in Venezuela. ...

Party aims

The party is committed to the Bolivarian Revolution and claims to be the political voice of the country's poor. As of February 2006, the administration of president Hugo Chávez enjoys 70 % approval ratings according to the non-partisan Latinobarometro polling group. The same poll indicates that 66 % of Venezuelans are planning to vote for Chavez's reelection in the upcoming December 2006 presidential elections. Chávez extols the anti-imperialist aspects of Bolivarianism, which were first kindled during his college years, in an address to hundreds of thousands of chavistas along Caracass Avenida Bolívar on May 16, 2004. ...

Primary Elections

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Hugo Chávez, the leader of the MVR, speaking at the 2005 World Social Forum convened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Led by President Hugo Chávez, but involving organisations and movements that are broader than the MVR, the question of how to select MVR candidates has been controversial. Until the implementation of this primary mechanism, candidates tended to be hand-picked by the leadership of the parties. The result has been that a number of those elected on MVR platforms were distrusted by the masses, and in some cases have proved disloyal.

The issue came to a head in the lead-up to the regional elections of October 2005. Despite opposition from within the grassroots movements, a candidate list was drawn up by the leadership of various MVR allied parties. The decision not to hold primaries was justified by the claim that there wasn't time. After the elections, Chavez stated that in the future, primaries would be held to empower the rank and file to select candidates.

Provisions introduced into the constitution and adopted by referendum in 1999 already mean that elected officials can have their mandate revoked half-way through their term if 20 % of their electors sign a petition requesting a fresh election.

A total of 2.4 million people voted in the MVR primaries. More than 5200 candidates were pre-selected to compete for the 5618 positions up for grabs in the August elections. The remaining 418 positions will go to other pro-Chavez parties. However, other pro-Chavez groups have publicly criticised the MVR for taking these positions.

Venezuelan History

1998 presidential election poster of MVR

Venezuela has gone through four major regime changes since the country was founded in 1811. The First Republic, known as the "Venezuelan Confederation" lasted until 1830, at which point the country became "Republic of Venezuela". In 1864 the country was then restructured into the "United States of Venezuela", before reverting to the Republic of Venezuela in 1953. Since Chávez's election to the Presidency in 1999, the country has been known as the "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" signaling Chávez' desires to usher in a new era of politics and government. This unique "Bolivarian" government is the "Fifth Republic" referred to in the party's title. Image File history File links 1998mvrchavez. ... Image File history File links 1998mvrchavez. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Dissolution

On December 18, 2006, Hugo Chávez announced plans to dissolve the party, in hope by doing so will encourage the 23 other parties that supported his government to follow suit, and collectively form the proposed United Socialist Party of Venezuela.[1] In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Spanish: , PSUV) is a proposed political party in Venezuela. ...

External links

• Official web site