Primero Justicia Deputy Carlos Ocariz made a list of the attempts by Chavez and his partisans to boycott the possibility of a referendum as evidence that he is afraid of having it:
-Chavez’ MVR tried to block the process of signature collection destroying eight tents where the referendum drive was being held, removing the referendum form from newspaperes where it was distributed for free and destroying them.
-MVR’ bolivarian circles tried to destroy the signatures on the way to the National Electoral Commission.
-MVR has denounced the “illegality” of the signatures without presenting any evidence.
-A member of MVR was copying national identification numbers during the process of checking out the validity of the signatures, when caught he actually swallowed the piece of paper.
-The resignations of two members of Chavez’ MVR were accepted by the National Assembly as a way of making the CNE inoperable with too few members. The resignations had taken place long ago, but no action was taken at the time.
-Chavez asked the Supreme Court to declare the new electoral power law unconstitutional and attempted to modified 41 articles of the bill, returning it to the National Assembly which was not legal.
-A former member of the CNE, who had taken other positions in Government since then and had actually been hired as a consultant by the CNE, attempted to occupy her position once more.
-The National Assembly named a new member of the CNE. Naming one member without two thirds majority is not within the power of the Assembly. the Assembly may replace all members at once only after a public call for candidates and two thirds majority.
-The Government asked the Supreme Justice to declare the referendum question illegal.
This is what Chavez and his MVR consider “fair play” and the “democratic system”.
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