The objections to the confirmation of the signatures by the opposition

March 1, 2004

 


Simply put, why the opposition objects the CNE’s decision, which is wht Sobella Mejias argued today:


 


1)      It was not illegal, according to the regulations written by this CNE to fill out the data for the person signing the petition. In fact, it explicitly says the signature is the only part that has to be filled by the person signing.


 


2)      It changes the law; the procedure proposed by the CNE, puts the burden of proof on the person that already signed to demonstrate that it did. That was the objective of the petition drive. People were asked for their ID cards, there were CNE observers and opposition witnesses. The forms were tightly controlled by the CNE.


 


3)      The regulations contemplate that people will be able to participate in the correction process only if one of two possibilities occur: 1) If the CNE made a material error. 2) If the person appears signing the petition but did not. The forms with the same calligraphy do not fall in any of these two categories.

This entry was posted on March 1, 2004 at 5:51 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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