Ivan Rincon on referendum

June 21, 2003

Interesting interview in today’s El Nacional (page A-6)  with the Head of the Supreme Court. In it, Justice Ivan Rincon says the Court will not allow the boycott of the referendum. He says: ” We are obligated to guarantee it”…” It is a constitutional right that all citizens have to ask for the recall of any elected public official”..”If the electoral way out is backed, we have to defend it, we have to provide it with custody”…”The right is born on August 19th. and once the signatures are handed in, the electoral commission has to hold the referendum within the next three months. The extension of the periods conspires against the commission itself, in such a way that it would lose credibility”. Very encouraging, particularly saying that the ninety day period has to be obeyed. It ahs always been my fear that there will be delays through legal maneuvering of the date on which the referendum would be held.

This entry was posted on June 21, 2003 at 11:54 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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