Another attempt to derail petition: What else is new?

December 21, 2003

Pro-Chavez forces are once again trying to throw a stumbling block in the path of the referendum, this time by asking that the CNE digitize and check all of the fingerprints gathered with the petition in late December. Of course, if this was required, the process would not be completed before August as the CNE does not have either the equipment nor the know how required to do this. This has never been required in any Venzuelan election or in the two referenda held in 2000 to change and approve the new Constitution. To those that keep questioning whether the opposition has or not the required votes, I ask: If that were so, why not just have the referendum, beat the opposition and get it over with? The answer, to me, is quite obvious.

This entry was posted on December 21, 2003 at 7:59 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

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