▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁was ▁clearly ▁giving ▁a ▁political ▁advantage ▁to ▁one ▁group . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁voting ▁day , ▁ 7 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁there ▁was ▁violence ▁that ▁imp eded ▁hundreds ▁of ▁vot ers . ▁Additionally , ▁some ▁ball ot ▁boxes ▁were ▁st olen ▁and ▁others ▁were ▁set ▁on ▁fire . ▁The ▁vote ▁count ▁before ▁included ▁ 9 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁elect or ate ' s ▁ball ots , ▁with ▁David ▁S osa ▁of ▁Re ques ens ' ▁group ▁having ▁a ▁clear ▁lead ; ▁though ▁a ▁re - vote ▁for ▁affected ▁students ▁was ▁called , ▁the ▁Elect oral ▁Commission ▁said ▁this ▁couldn ' t ▁affect ▁S osa ' s ▁win . ▁S osa ▁said ▁that ▁his ▁first ▁actions ▁will ▁be ▁to ▁investigate ▁the ▁elect oral ▁process . ▁▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁protest s ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Australian ▁Broadcast ing ▁Corporation ▁referred ▁to ▁Re ques ens ▁as ▁" the ▁face ▁of ▁Venezuela ' s ▁youth ▁u pr ising ". ▁This ▁look ▁into ▁the ▁protest s ▁notes ▁the ▁violence ▁of ▁the ▁Boliv arian ▁National ▁Guard ▁against ▁students , ▁and ▁how ▁Re ques ens ▁used ▁her ▁words ▁more ▁than ▁violence , ▁which ▁earned ▁her ▁" th ous ands ▁of ▁follow ers " ▁and , ▁from ▁this , ▁she ▁" found ▁herself ▁leading ". ▁The ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁protest s ▁were ▁varied , ▁from ▁the ▁pover ty ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁to ▁the ▁proposed ▁constitution al ▁rewrite ▁by ▁Nicol ás ▁Mad uro , ▁as ▁well