Colombian politicians on Chavez

February 23, 2003

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sent a veiled message to Hugo Chavez saying: “Democractic rules implies respect for the separation of public powers, the idependence of the judicial branch, to establish clearly between what is political opposition, political debate and criminal conduct”. Meanwhile Colombian opposition leader Carlos Holguin, head of the Conservative party said “In Venezuela we see the establishment of a dictatorship of the worst type of characteristics”. He added: ” The massive firing of 15,000 workers of PDVSA, the arbitrary detention of Fernandez, and the selective exchange controls to favor friends and not give foreign currency to adversaries of Chavez’ Government, supposes a form of dictatorship which can not be protected by the Democratic charter of the OAS”.

This entry was posted on February 23, 2003 at 1:11 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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