JAVIER ALFREDO MORENO SUCRE | EL UNIVERSAL
Tuesday March 18, 2014 07:12 AM
Scholars and specialists in social conflicts gathered at Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), Caracas, at a forum on the Venezuelan crisis. The experts concluded that "protests taking place in the country need to be reoriented if there is a true interest in shifting the way of life of all Venezuelans."
Luis Vicente León, director of research firm Datanálisis and a panelist at the forum, entitled "Balance and assessment on protests," asserted during his presentation that even though 62% of the population believes the Venezuela's state of affairs is unstable; it is also true that 60% rejects barricades and violent actions.
"If people organizing protests over the situation of Venezuela does not find a way through which they can express themselves and be able to include Government supporters, they will just bring about a collective fatigue, which will not lead to positive results; they will be discouraging, instead," León said.
For his part, Luis Pedro España, a sociologist and Professor at UCAB, commented that "there are many reasons for protesting, a hundred, but they (demonstrations) must be specific; there must be clear ideas and the course must be defined. Diffuse protests are insufficient to achieve the changes the society needs," he claimed.
