The Government had proposed to the private sector that communications be improved and some form of dialogue be started between the two sides. Fedecamaras, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, which groups the private sector met yesterday and issued a communiqué welcoming such a dialogue. This morning I read it and found it sufficiently bland to be considered as some form of progress.
Thus, imagine my surprise by the strong reaction on the part of Minister of Interiors and Justice Chacon who said the communiqué did not reflect the sentiment of the majority of the private sector and that the Government will not accept conditions on the part of anyone. Similar statements were made by Vice President Rangel who said that a dialogue can not impose conditions.
Surprised at the animosity of both statements, I went back to the communiqué and I simply don’t understand what the fuss is all about. The only ¨conditioning statement I see is its demand for the rights given to all Venezuelans in the Constitution. So I really don’t know what they are arguing about. In fact, the Vice-President of Fedecamaras made similar statements after hearing the Government’s reaction. Bad start for this dialogue.
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