The Minister of Planning is firing 26 workers from that Ministry for participating in the petition drive asking for Hugo Chavez’ recall. Currently, a decree issued by the Chavez administration prohibits firing of any career civil servant except for those that have positions qualified as “positions of trust”. However, the lawyer asking for an injunction in favor of the workers said none of those fired held such a position. The Ministry of Planning is fairly small when compared to most Ministries in the Venezuelan Government, thus the number is significant.
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