Chávez warns against a potential war if he steps down

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Chávez warns against a potential war if he steps down
Politics
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said on Tuesday that a war would be unleashed in the country if the political parties that ruled in the past come back to office, thus arresting the development of the Bolivarian revolution.

"Should the opposition take power, there will be a war; therefore, there is the need to ensure a continued Bolivarian, democratic, revolutionary process, and here it goes the proposed amendment to the Constitution" (on endless presidential reelection).

During a rally with followers in Andean Táchira state, the president added that the amendment, to be voted in a referendum next February 15th, would open the doors to a "new horizon, a new democratic model."

"They will try to remove all the (social welfare) programs, because they hate people," said Chávez in reference to political AD and Copei parties.