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Opposition
organizing another coup
CARACAS
(PL).— This Thursday, Aristóbulo Isturiz, the
Venezuelan minister for education and sport, charged
the opposition with organizing another coup – this
time of a social nature – planned for July.
Not
everyone in the opposition is "just thinking
about the referendum"; other elements are
organizing a "social coup" with a view to
creating upheavals in Venezuelan society that would
influence the Armed Forces, Isturiz stressed.
Condemnation
from the minister came during a meeting with the
government delegation to the negotiating table and
representatives of the Friends of Venezuela Group of
Countries.
He
stated that the plan is to trigger off a coup this
July, when military promotions and changes are due
to take place.
The
opposition, he warned, is utilizing the rumor
technique via the privately-owned media channels to
create a destabilizing climate and an atmosphere of
chaos throughout the country in order to bring about
general insubordination.
Referring
to the talks table – created five months ago –
he stated that it cannot replace Venezuela’s
political parties or public powers.
Isturiz
reiterated that the governmental delegation has made
its position clear in relation to observations made
at the pre-accord meeting, which focused on the
revocatory referendum.
In
that context, he rejected claims that the Executive
is opposed to the meeting, recalling that the issue
of the referendum is a constitutional right.
The
minister affirmed that revoking the mandate of
President Hugo Chávez could not be the only issue
at the table, as there are 48 requests of this kind
in the National Electoral Council (CNE), the
majority of them from the opposition.
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