150 state spokespersons were elected this Sunday by the Venezuelan peasant sector in the second grade elections of the Peasant Councils throughout the national territory, after the successful electoral process held last weekend in 321 municipalities.
The process took place simultaneously through 25 territorial assemblies, fulfilling the objective of electing 75 principal spokespersons and 75 alternates, making 3 spokespersons per state, as reported the Minister for Productive Agriculture and Lands, Julio León.
These elections involved the representatives who were elected last Sunday, January 11, in a massive municipal voting, which guarantees the continuity, legitimacy, and democratic base of this process of popular organization.
The head of the agricultural ministry asserted that this deployment seeks to strengthen productive planning and optimize the distribution of resources and inputs: «We are allowing the voice of those who work the land to have a real and direct weight in the design of the economic strategies for 2026,» as pointed out Minister León.
Towards the great national plenary:
The journey of this Sunday, January 18, marks the midpoint of an electoral cycle that has mobilized thousands of producers throughout the country. According to the planned schedule, the process will conclude next Sunday with the celebration of national elections, where will be defined the highest stance of peasant representation in the country.
«The goal is clear: to consolidate a robust organization that drives national production as the main engine in the face of current economic challenges,» pointed out the Minister.
León highlighted that, under the guidelines of economic recovery promoted by President Nicolás Maduro and executed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, the peasantry assumes the challenge of import substitution.
For this end, the Peasant Councils have initiated a phase of territorial characterization that allows them to determine the land use capacity, identify strategic crops by zone, and promote the use of native seeds under an approach of healthy and sustainable agriculture.
With this deployment, the peasant movement ratifies its commitment to food sovereignty and the construction of a self-managed, efficient, and profoundly democratic economic model.