Chavez says referendum impossible

January 16, 2003

As an example of the type of behavior that shows why Hugo Chavez is an illegitimate President, today at the UN in New York he said that “it is nearly impossible to have a referendum on Feb. 2nd.” Firts of all, as President Chavez has refused to give the funds required for the referendum. Second, while he has tried to block using a variety of legal maneuvers, today all rulings by the Supreme Court have been that it may proceed, even if there are rumors that they will use a technicality to stop it. Finally, our Constitution guarantees the principle of separation of powers and the Head of the Electoral Commisison said today that they are making the required adjustments to mantain the date. This shows Chavez will do the impossible to stop it. Separately his cynical Vice President said yesterday that “since the Government does not believe in the referendum” they will order the President’s supporters not to participate in it. How Democratic of him, no!

This entry was posted on January 16, 2003 at 7:16 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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