Next step in blocking the referendum

July 15, 2003

While I have been expecting that the Chavistas will use any trick in the book to stop the recall referendum, I have been somewhat surprised by their second salvo in this battle. (The first being not agreeing on the composition of Electral Board (CNE)). As suggested by MVR Deputy Maduro last week and confirmed today, the strategy is going to be simply that they will refuse to accept that the Supreme Court pick the CNE as established by law. According to Deputy Maduro, for the TSJ to name the CNE would be an intromission of one power in another. The threat is that they would not recognize the new authorities and the MVR Deputies would “take to the streets”, whatever that means, in order to show that they do not recognize the Supreme Court on this matter. Umm, are we going to from Chavez is the law, to MVR is the law?

This entry was posted on July 15, 2003 at 8:38 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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