Was Copre an attempt at saving the political system in the face of impending crisis?
All the candidates running for president in 1983 agreed on the need for state reform because the political structure ought to be updated. Years passed by and now the people are keenly aware of it. Therefore, I think that we are near a political, cultural, economic and scientific rebirth. I would dare say that it will start on the day when democracy is rescued and a new, post-Chávez era begins. You had troubles to make the then government welcome and implement the proposals. Is not Chávez a huge stumbling bloc to such a rebirth mentioned by you? They are different situations. We, at Copre, were facing a political system familiar with a way of governance and afraid of anything that could disturb the rules of the game. That prudish stance was a hurdle. Was it a prudish stance or, rather, determination not to hand over aliquots of power? Absolutely. Even in the context of alternation, presidents wanted to continue appointing state governors, but there was in the country such a huge consens
