Enabling Law 2015: Anti-Imperialist Enabling Law for Peace [Edit in Progress]

President Maduro has been granted rule-by-executive decree in light of President Obama's executive order in response to the Venezuelan Government's actions during the Guarimba Insurrection of 2014 and the Blue Coup which was recently been thwarted by SEBIN. Not taking any chances, not only the Government allowed him to rule by decree within five aspects, the Department of National Defense is running joint civil-military drills to prepare for any further action or worse any further restart of the Guarimba Insurrection that has rocked the country last year.

Western media has not researched the actual aspect of the Enabling law. So I did a straight translation.

The Extraordinary Gazette No. 6,178, dated March 15, 2015, was issued the authorization for the President, Nicolas Maduro , issued decrees with the force, courage and strength to ensure national sovereignty.

According to the Gazette, seeks to rule in the area of ​​freedom, equality, justice and international peace, independence, sovereignty, immunity, territorial integrity and national self-determination.

Such issues will relate to strengthening the sovereignty, protection against interference in internal affairs of States of the Republic and bellicose actions, among others.

It also urges govern guidelines aimed at strengthening strategic alliances of Venezuela with neighboring countries.

The law takes effect from Monday until December 31, 2015.

The publication states that the "Anti-Imperialist Powers Law for Peace" authorizes the President to "enact or amend laws in the area of freedom, equality, justice and international peace, independence, sovereignty, immunity, territorial integrity and national self-determination, in the following areas:

1. Strengthen guarantee the exercise of the constitutional principles of sovereignty and self-determination of peoples; protection against interference from other states in the internal affairs of the Republic, bellicose actions, or any external or internal activity, intending to violate the peace, the peace and functioning of democratic institutions, for a safer world ".
2. Protection of the People and the entire state actions against other countries or economic or financial corporations, or internal factors, intended to disrupt or distort production, trade or financial socioeconomic system and guarantees the rights and associated entities
3. Effectiveness of the democratic principle of active participation and value of collective solidarity in defense of constitutional order and prevention against such threats, actions and their possible consequences, securing the rights of all citizens of the Republic.
4. Strengthen strategic alliances of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with the fraternal countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, establishing coalitions that strengthen regional sovereignty, to safeguard the dignity of all peoples of the Americas.
5. Regulate the guidelines aimed at strengthening the system of civil, administrative and criminal as may be appropriate to safeguard the principles, values ​​and constitutional rules set out in this Act responsibilities.

In this regard, Article No. 3 of Decree issued by the National Assembly stated that "empowering the President to issue decrees with Rank, Value and Force of Law in matters delegated shall be from the date of the publication of this Law in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, until 31 December 2015 ".

JB

VTV / Agencies

Translated Straight by Google Translate
Source:http://www.vtv.gob.ve/articulos/2015/03/16/en-gaceta-oficial-autorizacion-a-maduro-para-legislar-via-habilitante-8633.html

Enabling laws has been used by the Bolivarian Government since 1999 to deal with immediate aspects such as environment, corruption, Combating economic warfare and establishing fair prices for basic goods and necessities.

Does the Washington Post follow up on reports on international stories?

On September 3rd, 2014, The Washington Post posted an report on the Sidor trade dispute in Ciudad Guyana. It follows a basic narrative on Venezuela: Economic problems are rooted in top-down socialist economics. Also include statements on corruption and inflation. Problem was that by the time this article was published, the dispute was already resolved.
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A once-proud industrial city, now a monument to Venezuela’s economic woes

By Nick Miroff September 3 at 10:16 PM

Long before Hugo Chávez launched his socialist revolution, government planners came here to Venezuela’s eastern frontier, where the mighty Orinoco and Caroni rivers converge, and envisioned an industrial workers’ paradise.

President Rómulo Betancourt, a key partner in John F. Kennedy’s “Alliance for Progress,” founded the city in 1961, inviting his countrymen to turn Ciudad Guayana into a tropical Pittsburgh.

More than a city, “it felt like you were building a country,” said Alfredo Rivas, who arrived as a young engineer and went on to become president of the huge steelworks here.

A half-century later and 15 years after Chávez came to power, Ciudad Guayana’s factories are crippled, starved for investment and roiled by labor disputes.

Source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/a-once-proud-industrial-city-now-a-monument-to-venezuelas-economic-woes/2014/09/03/4b577663-8f18-4841-b958-eee3b8830ad9_story.html

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As I mentioned, this dispute was already resolved, as Venezuela Analysis can report.

Venezuelan Steel Plant Sidor Renews Operation
By SASCHA BERCOVITCH

Caracas, August 18th 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Following the announcement of a collective workers’ contract signed at the end of last week, the Sidor steel plant in Ciudad Guyana will reopen for normal operation, several officials confirmed this afternoon.

“I opened the plant, and we did a tour to enact a complete overhaul and maintenance plan,” Minister of Industry José David Cabello wrote earlier on Twitter. “My congratulations to the Sidor workers who have demonstrated their commitment to productivity.”

The development comes after weeks of conflict between workers at the state-owned plant and the Venezuelan government over the terms of the contract.

While workers numerous demonstrations throughout Ciudad Guyana to protest the government’s stance on the negotiations, key figures in the government – including National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – characterized the protests as part of a larger attempt by “mafias” to create chaos within the factory and the region.

Last Thursday, Information Minister Delcy Rodríguez and Sidor Workers’ Trade Union (Sutiss) Secretary José Meléndez announced the agreement of a new collective workers’ contract which included a salary increase and retroactive pay for the time spent in negotiations. Since the last contract expired in 2010, workers had complained of a reduced wage value due to inflation.

Other Sutiss members, however, rejected the contract on grounds that negotiations excluded key representatives and lacked collective approval through a workers’ assembly.

Regarding these tensions, Cabello noted that “the guarimba [a term also used to characterize opposition protests earlier in the year] failed here like it failed in the rest of the country. Sidor is not even going to stop. Sidor should be a spearhead in the industry, and for the benefit of all Venezuelans.”

Read more here: http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10851
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But before the dispute was resolved, this had to happen:
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14 Arrested and Two Injured in Confrontations between Sidor Workers and Venezuelan National Guard

By SASCHA BERCOVITCH

Caracas, August 12th 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Clashes between protesting workers at the state-owned steel plant Sidor and the Venezuelan National Guard on Monday in the southeastern city of Guyana ended with at least 14 arrests and two injuries, according to multiple sources.

The protest, focusing on continued delays in the negotiation of a collective workers’ contract with the state entity which runs the factory, began at 7 a.m. yesterday when workers gathered in the plant and decided to march to Guyana Avenue, the city’s main access road.

Before they could arrive, local media reported, the National Guard intercepted the demonstration with pellets and tear gas, inciting the conflict which led to the arrests and injuries.

According to a press release from the leftist Socialist Tide (Marea Socialista) organization, the National Guard had also stationed six tanks within the factory, in the area where company buses normally arrive to drop off workers. On Monday Sidor did not send out buses, which workers involved in the protests considered was an effort to avoid further unrest, though many workers found other means of transportation to arrive and participate.

Tensions between Sidor workers and the national government have escalated in recent weeks, particularly after both National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro criticized the protests, which have on occasion blocked roads in the city, as beholden to union “mafias” and part of a larger attempt to destabilize the factory and region.

There has also been a dispute about who is responsible for falling productivity at the plant. Workers blame company management for “inefficiency” and “bureaucracy”, while the government accuses union “mafias” of being responsible.

Read more at: http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10839

So now, the plant is finally back in running. The real question is why did the Washington Post posted this story anyway and not followed up before actually posting it? I'll give you one theory, if they did last-minute research on the situation and made a update story on the dispute, it will break the narrative on Venezuela on being a country full of economic woe.

For a person who wants to push and enforce a narrative there is one rule in writing a media narrative: Never write anything that contradicts that narrative.