Election board head Tibisay Lucena said the opposition Democratic Unity coalition won 99 seats to the Socialists' 46 in the 167-national (sic) National Assembly with some districts still to be counted.It appears the opposition has a clear majority. Now it remains to be seen whether President Maduro will recognize the adverse results and cope with the change, or instigate a coup.
This electoral outcome constitutes very good news for Venezuela, which had appeared to be vanishing down the rabbit hole of totalitarian government. Mind you, it has taken too long to reach this point, but reach it they finally did.
