Omar Barboza | |
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| 9th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
| In office 5 January 2018 – 5 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Borges |
| Succeeded by | Juan Guaidó |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez July 27, 1944 Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| Political party | Un Nuevo Tiempo |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Unity Roundtable |
| Occupation | Advocate, Politician |
Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez (born 27 July 1944)[1] is the president[2] of the Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo ("A New Era"), in opposition to Nicolás Maduro.
In February 2009 a constitutional amendment to remove term limits on public offices in Venezuela was approved by 54% of voters in the 2009 Venezuelan constitutional referendum. Barboza said "We're democrats. We accept the results," to The Associated Press,[3] but claimed that the results were skewed by Hugo Chávez's broad use of state resources to win the vote, through state-run news media, political pressure on 2 million public employees and frequent presidential speeches (cadenas) which all television stations in Venezuela are required to air, and added that "Effectively this will become a dictatorship."
Sources
- ↑ (in Spanish) ¿Quién es Omar Barboza, el nuevo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional?
- ↑ (in Spanish) Comando Angostura: El llamado es a votar el 15 de febrero (Spanish, visited February 21, 2009)
- ↑ The Associated Press - Chavez wins vote to scrap term limits in Venezuela (visited February 21, 2009) Archived February 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine