An undemocratic Government responds to the consequences of their own failures

December 1, 2005

Incredible:

–The CNE was named illegally and has been running a flawed and biased electoral show for over two years.
–The CNE was caught redhanded with a critical (and fatal) flaw in the
same software that was supposed to protect the citizens and their
secret vote.
–The CNE has spent million of dollars in very sophisticated equipment, wasting money and making unilateral decisions on it
–This flawed system has been used in three consecutive elections..

The response by Government officials has been:

“Vayanse pa’l carajo (unstranslatable, go to Hell does not say it all)” ( VP Rangel)

“Rosales is a coward and coup plotter” (Hugo Chavez today, the same man jailed for a staging a bloody coup in 1992)

“Rosales is promoting a coup” (VP Rangel who had praised Rosales the day before for his democratic position)

“Nothing to negotiate, the elections will be on Sunday because the Electoral schedule has been fullfilled” (Cheater Jorge Rodriguez, who has never cared about formalities, now inds them essential)

“Washington designs strategic plans of the opposition” (Nicolas Maduro,
star accuser of the Government from his position as President of the
National Assembly. Find a case, he can find some evidence agaisnt
whomwever is against the Government)

“I am concerned about the slowness of the set up of polling stations” (People’s Ombudsman, who always speaks for the Government, appearing once to be defending the rights of the people)

“Elections should proceed this Sunday” (The same People’s Ombudsman, a couple of hours later, after surely being called by someone in Government to scold him for his earlier statement)

“The opposition will pressure international observers” (William Rara )

“The same thing is going to happen to the hermaphrodites of Primero Justicia” (Nicolas Maduro in a moment of serenity, openness and searching for a meaningful dialogue)

Now, is this the way the leaders of a democarcy behave? Note that
nobody, even the People’s Ombudsman speaks in favor of the right of the
people to have their vote be secret. And what about the way in which
three consecutive elections were performed with a flawed software and
wasteful expenses on equipment Jorge Rodriguez did not understand? None
of this matters.

This is a sick democracy indeed.

This entry was posted on December 1, 2005 at 8:05 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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