OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria reiterated that up to now there has been no proven irregularities in the petition drive known as the “Reafirmazo” and assured everyone that the results have a high degree of legitimacy, attempting to block the strategy by Chavez and his supporters to accuse the opposition of cheating. Gaviria added that in the joint supervision with the Carter Center of the process that took place in the last four days, Venezuelans had signed freely and the result has total legitimacy. The President and some parties have spoken of a megafraud, Gaviria expects that those charges are substantiated to the CNE who will value them and is the impartial referee and all have recognized this condition up to now.
While pro-Chavez leaders continue to speak of fraud, others began distancing themselves such as the Attorney General who said that the process had been “normal”. The Government claims that the opposition collected only two million signatures, half as many as the opposition is rumoured to have gathered. The Vice-President continues to call the process a virtual one, but the world was watching this time around.
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