Initiative
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE
An 18-month roadmap, from the negotiating table to elections
A proposal for Venezuela’s transition
Verifiable milestones, with dates, legality, and guarantees, toward a newly elected President.
A Country That Works offers this roadmap as a technical contribution to the Negotiation Table. It does not replace the parties or presume to decide for them: it puts in sequence what would have to happen for Venezuela to recover legality, legitimacy, and an elected government.
Every milestone is written so it can be verified: it has a date, an institution responsible for it, and an observable result. That is the difference between a calendar and a promise.
Overview
The roadmap, stage by stage
START
August
MONTH 1
New CNE and TSJ; political prisoners freed; Go-Venezuela is approved.
MONTH 2
Constituent Referendum; the Go-Venezuela program begins.
LEGALITY OF THE STATE IS ACHIEVED
MONTH 4
Constituent Authorities are elected; Governing Board; VSIF created.
MONTH 12
New Constitution is approved; elections are called.
ELECTIONS
MONTH 18
Venezuelans elect their authorities. A new Republic.
Milestones are shown by stage; intervals are not to scale.
Timeline, milestone by milestone
What happens at each stage of the path
The same sequence, milestone by milestone, with what each stage delivers.
1
MONTH 1
Negotiating table
The negotiating table meets its objectives: release of political prisoners, a new Justice System, and a new Electoral Power. Institutional confidence is restored and political tension eases.
2
MONTH 2
Constituent Referendum and launch of Go-Venezuela
The Constituent Referendum is held: the start of a process with full legality and legitimacy and a path to the free election of authorities with guarantees. Go-Venezuela begins: the first tens of thousands of vulnerable families receive aid and social tension eases.
3
4
MONTH 12
New Constitution and call to elections
A new Constitution is born, refounding the State. Elections are called in which Venezuelans will elect the President, the new legislative body the Constitution creates, the governors, the mayors, and the local representatives it establishes. 8 million Venezuelans assisted.
5
MONTH 18
New President · a new Republic
Venezuelans elect the President, the new legislative body the Constitution creates, the governors, the mayors, and the local representatives it establishes. A new Republic begins with renewed institutions; the country governs in peace and once again becomes a key ally of democracy in the region.
The dates are goals for negotiation, not claims that any party has accepted them. The final timetable, the legal instruments, and the responsibilities must be agreed by the parties and reviewed by qualified Venezuelan and U.S. counsel.
Venezuela does not need another promise.
It needs a calendar that can be verified.