Chavez tells the military to ignore Courts.

December 15, 2002

Hugo Chavez, in today’s address to the Nation, called on the Armed  Force NOT to recognize any decisions by civil Courts which contradict his decrees. As I said last night, these two decisions could become the “acid” test for those in the military that claim to be institutionalists. These two articles (1,2) have statements by lawyers blasting the Presdent for what he said. Note that Deputy Jose Luis Faria is a former Chavez supporter who split from Chavez almost a year ago. Clearly, Chavez believes he is above the laws and the Constitution, which we have known all along.

This entry was posted on December 15, 2002 at 5:15 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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