Was Jørgen Watne Frydnes gesagt hat
Der Vorsitzende des Komitees für den Friedensnobelpreis, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, hat zur Verleihung die folgende Rede gehalten. Ein Video und ein Transkript sind auf youTube zu finden.
Er spricht da über die Preisträgerin María Korina Machado, aber ich habe den Eindruck, er spricht mindestens so sehr über den Zusammenhang von Frieden, Demokratie und Rechtsstaat und über die aktuellen Bedrohungen dieses Dreigestirns. Es fallen da keine Namen, aber ich glaube, es ist leicht verständlich, wen er da meint. Ein zentraler Ausschnitt:
Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of its population are not unique in the world.
We see the same trends globally. Rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarization.
Auf Deutsch (mittels Google Translator):
Demokratie ist eine Voraussetzung für dauerhaften Frieden. Wir leben jedoch in einer Welt, in der die Demokratie auf dem Rückzug ist, in der immer mehr autoritäre Regime Normen in Frage stellen und Gewalt anwenden. Der starre Machtanspruch des venezolanischen Regimes und seine Unterdrückung der Bevölkerung sind weltweit kein Einzelfall.
Wir beobachten weltweit dieselben Trends: Die Machthaber missbrauchen die Rechtsstaatlichkeit, freie Medien werden zum Schweigen gebracht, Kritiker inhaftiert und Gesellschaften in Richtung autoritärer Herrschaft und Militarisierung gedrängt.
Mich erinnert das z.B. sehr an Trump 2.0. Oder an Putin. Oder an …
Die Rede
Good morning.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace, to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Korina Machado.
She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
As the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, Maria Korina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times. Miss Machado has been a key unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided. An opposition that found common ground in the demand for free election and representative government.
This is precisely what lies at the heart of democracy. Our shared willingness to defend the principles of popular rule even though we disagree.
At a time when democracy is under threat, it is more important than ever to defend this common ground.
Venezuela has evolved from a relatively democratic and prosperous country to a brutal and authoritarian state that is now suffering a humanitarian and economic crisis. Most Venezuelan live in deep poverty even as the few at the top enrich themselves.
The violent machinery of the state is directed against its own population. Nearly 8 million people have left the country. The opposition has been systematically suppressed by means of election rigging, legal prosecution, and imprisonment.
Venezuela’s authoritarian regime makes political work extremely dangerous. As the founder of Sumate, an organization devoted to democratic development, Miss Mashado stood up for free and fair elections more than 20 years ago.
As she said, it was a choice of of ballots over bullets. in political office and in her service to organizations since then. Miss Machado has spoken out for judicial independence, human rights, and popular representation. She has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. Ahead of the election of 2024, Miss Machado was the opposition’s presidential candidate, but the regime blocked her candidacy. She then backed the representative of a different party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urutya, in the election.
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers mobilized across political divides. They were trained as election observers to ensure a transparent and fair election. Despite the risk of harassment, arrest, and torture, citizens across the country held watch over the polling stations. They made sure the final tallies were documented before the regime could destroy ballots and lie about the outcome. The efforts of the collective opposition both before and during the election were innovative and brave, peaceful and democratic. The opposition re received international support when its leaders publicized the vote counts that had been collected from the country’s election districts showing that the opposition had won by a clear margin. But the regime refused to accept the election results and clung to power.
Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of its population are not unique in the world.
We see the same trends globally. Rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarization. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair. In its long history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has honored brave women and men who have stood up to repression, who have carried the hope of freedom in prison cells, on the streets, and in public squares. and who have shown by their actions that peaceful resistance can change the world.
In the past year, Miss Machado has been forced to live in hiding despite serious threats against her life. She has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people, who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended. with words, with courage, and with determination.
Maria Korina Machado meets all the three criteria stated in Alfred Nobel’s will for the selection of a peace price. She has brought her country’s opposition together. She has never wavered in resisting the militarization of Venezuelan society. She’s been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democracy.
Maria Korina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace. She embodies the hope of a different future, one where the fundamental rights of citizens are protected and their voices are heard. In this future, people will finally be free to live in peace.
Thank you.
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