Taking the Bait on Endless Reelection

Below are a couple of translated paragraphs from a column by David Uzcátegui published in El Universal:

We attended an extemporaneous electoral event and were dragged there by the hair.  This proposal had already been presented to voters and it had been rejected.  It was unconstitutional to present it again.

But is was presented and it won because, among other reason, it appeals to the ambition of the politicians who have found a parcel of power aside of the current president.  Before, mayors and governors of the ruling party didn't lift a finger because they didn't see any benefit.  For this second opportunity, he seduced them with a juicy deliverable of the benefits to be had - nothing less than the Venezuelan state apparatus itself - and they took the bait.