President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has publicly recognized that crime rates under his office have soared.
In a recent televised address to his nation from the Miraflores presidential palace, Chavez announced a six-point plan his administration will pursue in order to tackle violence rates that have rocked the nation for the past several years.
With less than four months left until Venezuela's general elections, Chavez vows to give the country's current security, judicial, and municipal systems a lift in order to make way for a better security.
Chavez specifically detailed out the plan that includes activating more than 400 judges that have been training, and according to Fox News Latino citing president Chavez are, "ready to go".
The scheme, reportedly, would rely more on social crime prevention rather than resorting to punitive measures. One example according to Interior and Justice Minister El Aissami would be the government encouraging dropout adolescents to return to school
Also, law enforcement agencies would be strengthened and new "mechanisms" to solve conflicts would be introduced following the plan, said Chavez according to Fox.
The measures the president is calling "Mision a Toda Vida Venezuela (Mission for Every Venezuelan Life)" however, would all kick-off after the elections.
Venezuela is currently the most violent country in South America averaging 66 homicides for every 100,000 people in 2011.
According to InsightCrime.com 2011 was Venezuela's most violent year on record.
Chavez also added that the announcement such plan was not intended to help him win the elections in November.
"I don't need to do that, because we are winning by a big margin," he said.
Venezuela heads for its presidential elections on October 7. If Hugo Chavez gets re-elected it will be his 4th presidential term. He has held onto power since 1999.
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