we re back with dan hen ger and march henninger and mary t anastasia o grady. the unicameral legislature was the only thing standing in his way of total control. he began to try to get rid of them back in march by just out and out firing them. that didn t work, so he announced that he was going to have this election. venezuela has not had a free,fa fair and transparent election since at least 2004 when thehe country tried to recall hugo chavez from power, ask that was completely rigged and, unfortunately, the u.s. state department recognized that, and it s been downhill ever since. paul: and maduro didn t want toe have a referendumming last year on his rule, and if he had if they had been able to force that, then he would have had to have stepped down, or they would have had to have a new election, correct. yeah. there s a lot of talk about how getting rid of the assembly is