In another example of revolutionary logic and political bias by the CNE, CNE Director Jorge Rodriguez “asked” the Government to refrain from abusing its power in campaigning for the “No” vote, but banned an opposition ad that described the difficulties getting to the recall vote for considering it “insulting and disrespectful to the electoral authority”.
Contrast that with the leniency towards Chavez and the way the resources of the Government have been focused on promoting the “No” vote. In the last two days newspapers like Ultimas Noticias have had pages and pages of ads promoting “No” despite the fact that the regulations establish no more than one page per issue. Additionally, the regulation ahs been bypassed by the Government by instead of publishing and ad within the paper, distributing pamphlets with it.
But what is truly amazing is to see these ads by FOGADE (The equivalent of the US FDIC) on the right below and a group of Government institutions, on the left below, which subliminally use the word “No” in their half page ads in the papers this weekend. Of course, people say “No” to contaminating Maracaibo Lake, of course people sy “No” to going back to the past, but people will not say “Yes” to keeping Chavez either:
I wonder what the CNE would say if this ad was used by that well known soft drink. It would be the same, attempting to unfairly take advantage of the power of that brand; much like Chávez takes advantage of the power of his Government.
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