Jose Emilio Castellanos
Editorjc / vozsincensura
The European House of Parliament expressed in its meeting on May 7 Thursday his "huge" concern at the deterioration of democracy in Venezuela, and issued a resolution urging Hugo Chavez's government to respect the rule of law and constitutional legality.
The resolution states that Venezuelan democracy is at "grave risk of collapse" by the growing authoritarianism of President Hugo Chávez, the concentration of power and increasing authoritarianism "of President Hugo Chavez, and called on the authorities felt Venezuela, especially Lieutenant-Colonel (r) to Chávez, to pursue their political action "through dialogue, respect for the rule of law and constitutional legality."
"Only in this way and the tolerance of political opponents will seize and appropriate representation of different policy options chosen and desired by the Venezuelans, "states the resolution.
The deal was backed by political organizations European People's Party, Liberal Party and the Union for Europe of the Nations, who expressed their solidarity with the political leaders of the Venezuelan opposition, currently pursued by the Government.
The resolution was adopted by 51 votes in favor, one against and no abstentions. Less than 10 percent of the 785 members that make up the camera was present, since the vote was held at the close of the plenary session, when many MPs had left Strasbourg (Northeastern France) ..
The paper had been presented by the liberal parliamentary Romania Renate Weber, who expressed to legislators in Venezuela occur "very suspicious accidents resulting in death of critics, who are not properly investigated."
A voice against this indication, the MEP Paul Guerreiro, Porugal Unitary Left, said the document is an "operation of interference of the European Parliament" in an attempt to "destabilize the Venezuelan state," since it relates about "making only a matter for the sovereign people." After an initial
sympathy
recorded a decade, Members of Parliament have expressed repeatedly in recent years has seen a "worrying authoritarian drift", which translates to "harassment, threats, intimidation and political and criminal persecution of the opposition and its democratically elected mayors and governors, the student movement and journalists. "
Thus several examples of political persecution, including the mayor of Maracaibo, Manuel Rosales, Chavez threatened with imprisonment, for which he applied for asylum in Peru, which was granted. According to the order, the charges against Rosales have a "clear political motivation in a country in which the Executive largely controls As the judiciary. "
In an official information, the Parliament expressed its solidarity with all who suffer political persecution in Venezuela, welcomed the decision by the Peruvian government to grant political asylum to Manuel Rosales and" categorically rejects threat, violence, abuse of power, defamation and the use of justice as a political weapon to intimidate and eliminate opponents "(paragraph 2).
The resolution also" categorically rejects harassment and expulsion "arbitrary" the American director of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, Deputy Director, Daniel Wilkinson, "by presenting a critical report on civil liberties and respect for human rights during the 10 year rule of President Hugo Chavez."
In November 2007 the House had rejected a proposal requesting another statement against Chávez.
The text also urges the government of Hugo Chavez to comply with international agreements signed and ratified by his country, including the American Convention on Human Rights. Also remember that, under the Democratic Charter of the OAS on democracy, in addition to the legitimacy gained in the polls, to access the exercise of power must also be a legitimacy of exercise, which is endorsed by the respect for the rules of the game established, with the current Constitution and laws, and the rule of law as a guarantee of a fully functioning democracy, and "necessarily must include respect for the political adversary peaceful and democratic, more so if this has been elected and popular mandate (paragraphs 5 and 3).
The resolution adopted states that President Chávez has spoken in an "offensive and insulting" for a significant number of foreign leaders, and yet when it has been criticized in his own country, has reacted by ordering the expulsion immediate foreigners who dared to criticize him, "including violent expulsion of an MEP" (paragraph I). Finally, MEPs point out that the Venezuelan authorities deemed undesirable the presence of an official delegation of the European Parliament was due to visit the country during the first week of March this year, a visit that was to take place after numerous postponements unjustified by the Venezuelan authorities
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