Laughing at democracy

July 10, 2003

In another dictatorial act in the Chavez-controlled National Assembly, the President of the Assembly Francisco Ameliach removed Deputy Guillermo Palacios from the Finance Committe of the National Assembly and appointed close Chavez supporter Nicolas Maduro. Palacios belongs to a small party that supported Chavez,  Polo Patriotico, but has been dissenting with the Government particularly on isuses of new debt. According to the regulations, in order to remove Palacios, the full Assembly had to vote on the issue, but given the flimsy majority the Government has in the Assembly, they decided to skirt the issue. Pro-Chavez Deputies justified the move as an internal decision, which it is not, while the President of the Finance Committee said it quite clearly: Palacios was removed because: ” he was not acting in agreement with the commitment that we have to defend the process of change led by President Hugo Chavez Frias”. So much for democracy, rules, laws and dissent. The dictatorial spirit of Stalin lives on in Venezuela!”

This entry was posted on July 10, 2003 at 11:20 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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