The OAS representative Fernando Jaramillo, left aside his usual diplomatic style and asked the President of the CNE Francisco Carrasquero “respectfully” to let him know what are these “proofs” he said he had last night about the representatives of the OAS and the Carter Center being partial towards the opposition.
Jaramillo explained, that usually do not respond to this type of accusations which are normal in these types of processes, however, since in this case the accusations come from the President of the Electoral board who happens to be a counterpart in the negotiations, he felt forced to make some comments given the public nature of Carrasquero’s remarks.
Among many things, Jaramillo reminds Carrasquero that in the agreement signed with the CNE it was established that the OAS mission could inform the CNE of all “irregularities, technical deficiencies and interferences that they may have identified as a result of their observation process”. Jaramillo closes by saying that it would be to the Secretary General of the OAS and its Permanent Council that corresponds to evaluate the role of the mission in Venezuela, which will be done at the appropriate moment.
And to me my friends, this is the key. Carrasquero is once again acting as a lackey of Hugo Chávez. They know that these missions are fairly careful of what they say or not in public, but when it comes time to present their final report to the OAS, whether there is a recall referendum or not, that report is going to be extremely critical of Carrasquero and his cronies. Thus, they are attempting to deflect that future criticism, by accusing them now of being partial.
The representative form the carter center was a little less blunt, but she did say that they had sent a letter to Carrasquero asking for clarification of his remarks.
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