Minister of Culture highlights election holiday in communes of Mérida

The Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Alejandro López Rodríguez, highlighted that the National Popular Consultation in the state of Mérida as an electoral holiday and a practical demonstration of direct democracy, during a day accompanied by Governor Arnaldo Sánchez and his government team.

The official pointed out that this process evidences the popular role established in the Constitution. “We are exercising our political sovereignty throughout the national territory where the Venezuelan people are deciding on projects that will improve their communities, which will guarantee peace and coexistence,” López said.

From the Andean entity, the head of Culture highlighted the participation of citizens in authorized centers. “Here in Mérida a party in all the communes and communities and throughout the territory of our homeland,” he said, stressing that the consultation consolidates a direct decision-making mechanism for the well-being of the popular sectors.

The minister stressed that this democratic practice allows Venezuelans to define investment priorities in their own spaces, reaffirming the leading role of citizens in managing resources and solving local needs.