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Marina Menéndez Quintero, special correspondent A CubaNews translation by Eloi Eloi. Edited by Walter Lippmann. CARACAS. — The evasive manner in which the usually glib and inflammatory spokesmen of the opposition have “responded” to the revelations of the coup denounced by Chávez is astonishing. Or perhaps not and this attitude may well be consistent with what not a few Boliviarians claim: silence gives consent …? A week after the program La Hojilla [The Razor] broadcast recordings revealing that retired and active members of the military were hatching a coup and calling for the assassination of leading figures, army spokesmen have yet to say a word. They sidestep the issue or, at best, ask for “evidence” and declare the disclosed tape to be “old”. Of course, I am not referring to the military in general, but to those whose crimes were revealed. They are an exception in a corps that backs the country's institutions and, above all, the ongoing process, a core which immediately reaffirmed its support for the President and the people. This unexpected silence springs from would-be leaders of an opposition split into big and small, old and apparently new parties, from formerly prominent party heads, scattered and divided, who for weeks had been calling for protests, in an obvious subversive attempt which appeared to be part of the plan being readied. Suddenly, almost as if by magic, the opposition media –El Nacional and Globovisión, inter alia—practically ceased in their attempt to turn into “sins” the decree-laws proclaimed by Chávez concerning la Habilitante [the enabling law] and the candidates barred from the November regional elections. The opposition manipulated the issue inside the country so that people would take to the streets, creating public disorder. They even took it abroad, vainly trying to have MERCOSUR, the OAS, and, if possible, the U.S. Democratic Party stick its nose in Venezuela’s internal affairs. It would seem that the opposition tired of its lies, pretends that the laws and disqualifications have ceased to be a matter of concern. Or is it that they have another problem? The night of the accusations, Bolivarian authorities, PSUV members and ordinary people stood outside Miraflores Palace to wait for Chávez at the time in Guarico. They wanted to reiterate their support, and challenged the opposition to make a statement. The request should not go unnoticed. Outside the Attorney General´s office, the people also demanded that an investigation be carried out. The Commission set up by the National Assembly to this effect, in its preliminary report rendered on Tuesday evening, asserted that investigations will continue to identify those involved, for the action that was being prepared required an “adequate” opinion matrix... Who´s behind it? The top CEOs at Fedecámaras are again under scrutiny, once more they are part of a destabilizing campaign –let us recall Pedro Carmona Estanga and the April 2002 coup—although politics is not their line of work. Of course, some opposition leaders, particularly members of the Movimiento 2-D, as well as leading figures in those aforementioned media are also under investigation. The chairman of the investigating commission in Parliament, Mario Isea, informed the plenary session of the Assembly that three retired and two active members of the military are under arrest, even as the investigations continue. It should not come as a surprise that the Empire's impotence to stop the changes taking place in Latin America serves to fuel the violence and the separatist coup in Bolivia, in a rather obvious and highly shameful action that had its antecedent right here, six years ago. At least, now those who would again try to implement their hegemonic plans in Venezuela have been forewarned. original:http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/opinion/2008-09-18/ojo-pelao-en-venezuela-la-callada-por-respuesta/ |
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