Gaviria and the OAS on Venezuela

August 25, 2004

While leaving a door open for the charges of fraud OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria expressed this wholesale condemnation of the board of the CNE:


“it ended up deciding on the basis of party lines all of the time and that is something that damages somewhat in the face of public opinion, it was always the same three people that took the same position and they represented the party that backed the Government and that may the work difficult and took weight off what they were deciding”


 


Interesting words for a diplomat, not very diplomatic in the end but the truth. That is how mot of our democracy has worked in Venezuela in the last five years.  Little is discussed; everything that matters and is important is in the end approved by the Chavista majority.


 


Curiously, the resolution (wich needs a consensus) on the recall vote has not been approved and may never be approved and may be replaced by a declaration.  (needs a majority)

This entry was posted on August 25, 2004 at 8:14 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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