Last Tuesday, February 25, Pope Francis signed the canonization of our José Gregorio Hernández, the doctor of the poor as he is known worldwide for Spanish -speaking. José Gregorio Hernández was born in Isnotú, Trujillo state, on October 26, 1919. Physician graduate in 1888, although he always wanted to be religious, he dedicated his life to the attention of the most needy people, until the day of his death, on June 29, 1919, victim of an unfortunate traffic accident, when he was going to attend to a sick lady. The holiness of José Gregorio Hernández began in 1949, when the Archdiocese of Caracas submitted the application to the Vatican to be venerated. Years later, in 1972, the Vatican declared it “Servant of God”, the first step to be canonized. In 1986, Pope John Paul II declared him venerable (a person who lived a heroically virtuous life), being elevated to Blessed in 2021 by Pope Francis, assigning him on October 26 as the date of his liturgical celebration to finally be declared San José Gregorio Hernández. Only one step is missing: the Consistory of Cardinals (meeting of the Cardinal College that is convened by the Pope, whose objective is to help him in the Government of the Catholic Church, designate new cardinals or give solemnity to the decisions of the Pontiff) to establish the official date of the canonization.
The electoral registration is kept open
Within the framework of the activities for the “Elections of the National and Regional Assembly 2025”, the National Electoral Council, to promote the participation of citizens in said electoral process, extended until March 10, the period so that all those citizens who turn 18 years of age at May 25 Procedures
Registering is very easy. Only the identity card is needed and presented to the Regional Electoral Office of the federal entity in which it lives. Do not stay without voting. Register in the Electoral Registry and exercise your right to vote.
In Venezuela, suffrage is a right. You decide whether you exercise it or not. But … why let others think for you. Why let others decide who will direct the reins of the town in which you live? Why echo those snipers who call both organizations for political purposes, as well as citizens to abstention? When Constitutional article 62 states that “all citizens have the right to participate freely in public affairs, directly or through their representatives…” is referring to the right to choose, through suffrage, whom you consider that he is the optimal person and capable of exercising a certain position within the public administration and which, through other mechanisms also established in the Constitution, you can request that you pay for accounts of the management.
Exercise your rights … attend to vote.
