When the next elections came around in 1979—in Venezuela, presidents and congress were elected in the same election for five-year terms — AD fielded the unexciting Luis Piñerúa Ordaz and the COPEI selected Luis Herrera Campins. The latter did not have anything new to offer except rhetoric, but in the campaign he was like a charging boar. It really didn't matter what he said, because the adecos were in a no-win situation disillusioned as they were with Pérez and unexcited by Piñerua, and Herrera defeated his adeco adversary although not by a large majority. Venezuela had demonstrated once again that at the ballot level it was a working democracy.
In Venezuela, presidents and congress were elected in the same election for five-year terms . At the 1978 election, AD fielded the unexciting Luis Piñerúa Ordaz and the COPEI selected Luis Herrera Campins. The adecos were in a no-win situation disillusioned as they were with Pérez and unexcited by Piñerua, and Herrera defeated his Adeco adversary although not by a large majority. Venezuela had demonstrated once again that at the ballot level it was a working democracy.
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