Recall that CNE and MUD had agreed to destroy any record identifying who had voted to avoid a repeat of Tasconesque shenanigans. Suddenly, TSJ decides that’s terribly suspicious.
Maybe it wasn’t a crack-up, maybe it was a setup.
Consider this: jorge Amorín, on La Hojilla, announced that the top number of votes the opposition could get could never exceed 1,230,000 votes…last Friday!
(Take the slider to 6:10.)
Which tells me…this was planned.
Update: My lector avispao writes in -
The guy who did the action in the TSJ is one Rafael Velasquez Becerra of Municipio Bruzual, Yaracuy (Chivacoa). He’s identified in the press report as a candidate in the Primary for Mayor.
The catch is he’s not on the list of candidates offered by the MUD website nor is he on the ballot.
I found him in a website called NotiVargas where he’s identified as the candidate of the Comando Tricolor, but once again, he’s not on the ballot.
Chavez has sent a message: The New Tascon List will be made, even by force.
Update 2: Some reports suggest Velásquez Becerra was a MUD candidate for mayor in Chivacoa after all, but the municipality used paper ballots instead of electronic voting. Personally, I never heard of an entire municipio going to paper voting, but hey.
Update 3: Globovision has some detail.
Update 4: I’m going off to HCR’s proclamación to try to get more chismes.
Thanks to the rocket scientist primary candidate that filed the claim that gave an excuse to the TSJ to do this,
The guy who did the action in the TSJ is one Rafael Velasquez of Municipio Bruzual, Yaracuy (Chivacoa). He’s identified as a candidate in the Primary for Mayor.
http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=218975
The catch is he’s not on the list of candidates offered by the MUD website nor he’s in the ballot.
http://www.unidadvenezuela.org/candidatos/yaracuy/
http://www.sumate.org/primarias/boletas/yar-bruzual.pdf
I found him in a website called NotiVargas where he’s identified as the candidate of the Comando Tricolor, but once again, he’s not on the ballot.
http://www.notivargas.org/comando-tricolor-de-yaracuy-inscribio-sus-candidatos-a-alcaldes/
Chavez has sent a message: The New Tascon List will be made, even by force.
I’m waiting to get the TSJ decision and read it. Stay tuned.
I don’t think that the decision would say much, probably he filed the amparo cautelar and the Sala Constitucional gave him an injunction stopping the destruction of the cuadernos
Still, I want to see his arguments. He wasn’t in the ballot.
It would be interesting to see what exactly is the order of the TSJ, is it just not destroying the cuadernos or not destroying and handing them out to the TSJ or CNE, if its the second there is nothing to do but destroy them,
Exactly. The devil is in the details.
And anyway from a legal point of view the primary is not a requisite to run, if all the parties and candidates accept the results as valid, which they do, and don’t run for office, there is no legal threat to HCR.
This is not about HCR, this is about creating the succesor to the Tascon List, “The Amorin List”. This is about creating fear and win no matter what. ANYTHING to not losing.
so, how on earth can this mofo petition for such thing cuando no tiene vela en ese entierro?
Like they care. #ChavismoLogicAtWork Si no ganan, arrebatan.
No, que va.
The ball is now on our court. What will the MUD do? If they give up easily, Chavez will win reelction in that moment. Everything that was achieved will be lost. The game will be over even before it started. #ElMomentoDeLaVerdad
This is quite an unexpected challenge to the MUD. They have to be very careful. If they don’t burn the cuadernos people are going to feel duped. There has to be a way they don’t burn them while making sure not one cedula is known to the public
While I fully understand the fears of a Tascón.List II, urgent burning of the cuadernos might tarnish the primaries. If what Mr. Becerra’s calling for is a new tally of the votes, wouldn’t random sampling suffice?
Who is going to do that Random Sampling? CNE?
Count on it – they will announce 700,000 people turned out, no more.
here is the decision http://www.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/scon/Febrero/66-14212-2012-12-0219.html,
They are ordering handing all of the cuadernos to the CNE
Joint committees of MUD-CNE delegates?
All can be clarified when the TSJ decision is finally published. Still looking.
I do understand this, and it is clear that the TSJ’s decision is politically motivated; but to simply dismiss its decision would cast doubts on the transparence of the process.
I think no one is fooled thinking that the TSJ is actually worry about the rights of Velazques, not complying with the decision would not legally affect the candidacy of HRC, comply with it contributing with a policy of political apartheid, is not only the moral decision I think is the smart one
There is an important mass of potential voters that could be easily duped by the Government’s claims of fraud and, in the case of a TSJ’s decision dismissal, destruction of evidence.
Those “potential” voters are already lost! So, no problem.
A long time ago that the TSJ lost legitimacy in these matters, not destroying the cuadernos would compromise the legitimacy of the opposition, and more than that it would expose millions of citizens to losing their jobs and blatant discrimination, I’m a pragmatist and welcome the change and new strategies of the opposition to beat Hugo, but there are limits and this is it, we cant compromise on this
Explain why it would cast doubts on the primaries? Elaborate, please. Independently of your argument, even if it does cast doubts, it’d be even worse to lose the trust of the people who voted in the primaries.
Manuel, it’s an easier decision than that. Giving up the names doesn’t just lose the voters’ trust, it puts them in danger. Destroying the names will only increase their trust, even if it may lose the trust of the chavistas, but that’s actually an advantage come election. Someone needs to destroy the data.
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Tarnish? No way.
What is done is done. Henrique is our candidate, we had huge turnover. We did it, no matter what they say, and people know it. In any case, the primaries are OUR business, not theirs. Declare the primaries void, if they want, are they gonna force the others to run?
If these bastards, motherfuckers, coñoesumadres can do something like this :
bit.ly/yzYFWV without the cuadernos, I don’t wanna imagine what they’ll do once they have them.
There might be other arguments against burning the cuadernos, but tarnishing our achievement is not one of them.
She needs to shut up – there are only two people I want to hear from today: Henrique Capriles and Ramon Guillermo Aveledo.
The government is trying to provoke splits. When people start freelancing positions before they have talked them out, what you get are splits.
She lost the primary. She does not make policy for the MUD. If she feels strongly about this, she needs to make her case to RGA and HCR.
I agree. It is not her place right now. The political leader is HCR. But what the fuck is he doing!
She invited her constituency (even if turn out to be small) to support her and cast their vote with the (implicit) condition that the electoral rolls would be destroyed! So she’s partially responsible for keeping MUD’s promise of destroying them! Does that make sense?
In her defense it was all through twitter. Also, Julio Montoya said it is too late.
OK. PP has spoken, MCM has spoken, even DA has spoken.
Quico your way off on this one. HCR is our candidate for President, however MCM is well within her right to defend the anonimity of her voters, furthermore, it would be most beneficial if HCR does not step on this “concha de mango”, as it would set the tone fior possible attacks or open possible “legal” hole for them to screw him, so MCM, swing away…
MCM is a citizen as anyone here, so she is free to say whatever she wants. Her response is not the official MUD’s response, so no harm done there. After all, she is NOT the chairman/speaker of the MUD, and she’s not constrained as the Mr. Aveledo might be.
Let her be and calm down. We will have to way for a response from Mr. Aveledo or Mrs. Albanes on this regard.
I agree.
The other candidates are also coming forward.
PP Said the books were burnt already.
Diego Arria in on N24 Radio.
I agree. The MUD needs to display unity and discipline. When everyone starts firing off personal positions like this, the MUD looks like Chavismo did following the election. We are supposed to be better than they are.
finally, some of that finura dropped.
Send them, sealed, to a neutral country, observer, etc.
brilliant.
“SE ACUERDA LA MEDIDA, en consecuencia, se ordena a la presunta agraviante la entrega de los referidos cuadernos a las diversas Direcciones Regionales del Consejo Nacional Electoral en las correspondientes circunscripciones electorales, la cual se deberá realizar en un lapso no mayor a las 24 horas contadas a partir de la notificación de este fallo, en consecuencia, el Poder Electoral, deberá proceder al resguardo del material electoral antes referido. De igual forma, se ordena al Plan República, en la persona del General en Jefe Henry Rangel Silva, girar las instrucciones pertinentes a los fines de garantizar la custodia del material antes señalado y hacerlo llegar a las correspondientes sedes del Poder Electoral.”
Guess who’s the guy who wrote the decision: Former President of the CNE, Francisco Carrasquero. Oh, the irony.
I think it’s less irony, and more hypocrisy. He wasn’t exactly pro-transparency in his tenure. Did they not even consider getting another TSJ stooge to put their name on this?
Right on. What a… I better leave it there.
Pardon my spanish but elcoñoesumadre.
Don’t worry… We understand! :D
I’m so stressed out.
The demand is not even about Velasquez’s participation on the primaries. It’s a “Habeas data” request. The PSUV tried the same when they wanted to repeat the 2008 election in Tachira. They were rejected, indicating the confidentiality of the voters must be protected, based by the Art. 60 of the Constitution. (Information from puzkas’ twitter account)
Looks like that’s not good enough now for them. Luisa Estela is doing her job.
The pattern with Chavistas loosing seems to repeat: tarnish the loss / don´t recognize it, create confussion / doubt, and never allow your opponent to celebrate:
> 2007 Referendum: victoria pirrica, victoria de mierda, the menancing “Por ahora” vallas
> 2009 elections of governorns and mayors: we got more than them (even if they lost on most populated cities)
> 2010 asamblea elections: we got more seats (even if they lost the popular vote)
And now this, which is in a way is more bizarre as they were not competing.
It all can be summed up by the grafiti outside Alcaldia Mayor back in 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/periodismodepaz/3122690199/
“Somos malos perdedores” NO ME DIGAS? No se nota para nada. #Los3MillonesLosTienenLocos
From Julio Montoya’s twitter account:
“Le informo al TSJ q decidió tarde por q en la mayoría del país los libros están ya incinnerados”
http://twitter.com/#!/juliocmontoya
HOLY CRAP! From MUD’s official twitter account:
“URGENTE: En minutos vamos a confirmar la quema del 100% de los cuadernos.”
http://twitter.com/#!/Primariasvzla
I hope they’re telling the truth. Better they do.
Veccio and Bocaranda confirm. The cuadernos are now only ashes.
“Ya los cuadernos están quemados. Llegaron tarde los malandros del gobierno”
“Runrun:No se angustien. TODOS LOS CUADERNOS FUERN QUEMADOS ANOCHE Y LA MADRUGADA”
Very good news! Sounds like someone in the MUD was clever enough to anticipate this move.
I hope they’re right.
Today’s decision means one thing: Escalation. Things will get uglier.
“Things will get uglier.”
Yep! Fasten your seat belts. It is going to be a bumpy ride!
Burn, baby, burn!
No one said this was going to be easy. The regimen has a thousand dirty tricks up its sleeve, and will not hesitate to use them.
At some point, since they cannot inhabiltar the candidate, they may even begin to inhabilitar voters.
This is venezuela after all. El territorio de lo posible. #NoALaListaAmorin
According to LaPatilla PP HAS JUST SAID THEY HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF… Let´s hope it´s true!
I expect a massive manhunt for the cuadernos.
DIM, DISIP, CICPC, MP, etc.: Allanamientos, allanamientos everywhere!
For this they’re fast. In Monagas, the people of Maturin don’t have water. Don’t care.
This is the guy.
http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2012/02/14/esta-es-la-foto-de-rafael-velasquez-el-personaje-que-pidio-al-tsj-los-cuadernos-del-12f/
According to Ravell, former VTV reporter and hardcore chavista, Martin Pacheco set up the press conference. The guy was a mole IMHO. Arias Cardenas-style.
Apparently, he came to the TSJ and the decision was done only after HOURS.
#LuisaEstelaNoTieneVerguenza
Oh, I thought it was a hoax! Yup, yet you understand why Chavez doesn’t show. Hey, I didn’t do anything, it is the justice… I didn’t ever knew about primarias…
Talk about honesty, about fairness, no, this is really not acceptable. I would burn all.
I cannot describe with words the anger I am feeling at the moment. The sheer sentiment of injustice, rage, fear and disillusion that struck me since I read this post. And I’m not even Venezuelan…
same with me, it is shameless!
No! That’s what they want! Be happy, they are shitting their pants, they are crazy and running like headless chickens! It’s up to us to keep our cool.
Watching the way they are reacting, now I am really a lot more hopeful than on Sunday night.
I agree completely. I don’t think they’ll let up, not by any means, and I fear raids, and arrests, but the government can no longer pretend they’re not reacting out of fear. And the more fear informs their decisions, the more they lose their grip.
It’s always darkest before the dawn. The nastiness has just begun, but it won’t have the effect they expect.
Understanding that logic has little to do with this:
1. Since the complainant was supposedly a candidate for one mayoralty, why did they demand all of the voting records from the whole country, instead of just that district?
2. How did this action reach the TSJ so fast? The action should have been filed first in the local jurisdiction. I don’t think it is legal to bypass the local courts and go straight to the TSJ.
Absolutely correct Roy. If you read above the guy was a plant.
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I´m really worried too about the cuadernos electorales.But nadie dijo que iba a see fácil. Ahora es que viene lo bueno. We are going to have to keep dodging their bullets. I agree too that Capriles needs to say NOW that the decision is INEJECUTABLE.
http://www.asuntosdelsur.org/opiniones/opinion/210
I think this was planned too, Plan B, but planned. What is planned for the case of already burned books? Maybe only : see you, they didn’t have the votes, also they burned the books… that would be harmless maybe…
If the cuadernos are really burned, I expect some arrests. Esta gente no va a parar.
If they were burned before the injunction came out there would be no reason to arrest anyone. Let’s not freak out about this people, Guido is right. We held our primary, people voted, it’s done. Let them do their thing while we keep our cool.
Like they care. This people have no respect for laws not. They will retaliate.
They can’t arrest anyone. It’s only an internal election. At most they can order to repeat the election. But, that will not happen if the all the candidates accept the result.
This is the TSJ ruling…
http://www.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/scon/Febrero/66-14212-2012-12-0219.html
The dates are wrong in the 1st and 2nd paragraph. They mention year 2011 ! Small technicality but it shows this was done in a rush.
So, it’s not legal. Even a 1st year law student knows that.
No surprise – it was written by the former CNE President, and they’ve proven time and again that noone at the CNE seems to be good with numbers.
http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=218975
This story is getting weirder and weirder.
Oh NO! Martín Pacheco – former head honcho at Venezuelanalysis.com – has his grubby paws all over this maniobra! Reeeeeetch….
He was also the consul general in Curacao in the early 2000s… He was known as the biggest sapo ever…
And former VTV journalist in the 80′s.
If the cuadernos have already been destroyed, then I’m even prouder of our leaders than I already was. The government’s reaction is no surprise: In the face of the success of the primary, they set up the ultimate catch-22 for us: Surrender the books and betray our voters, or refuse, and give them grounds to accuse us of fraud. In the face of such choices, the correct course is obvious: You protect your voters and tell Chavez to go fuck himself with a pineapple.
What happened on Sunday can’t, and won’t, be undone by any lies they come up with. If they want to play dirty this early on, they’ll lose even harder. The people are tired of threats, intimidation, and harassment. Hope is the name of the game, and so far, Chavez doesn’t seem to know how to play anymore.
…o con una llave de cruz…
A clever move from the government, reminiscent of a Bond-villain. Not that confirmation was needed, but this shows they are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to maintain power. Lets hope the votes were all in ashes before the request – leaving only a tenuous argument about true numbers or not.
Ernst Stavro Chavez. More Dr. Evil than Blofeld.
Ernst Hugo Blowhard? (And soon, Ernst can be replaced by Erstwhile…)
FYI… Según Eugenio Martínez (@puzkas) la votación en ese municipio fue manual entonces por eso no aparece en el tarjetón: https://twitter.com/#!/puzkas/status/169512701016547328
So, why asking then ALL the cuadernos of ALL venezuela? Se le ven la costuras.
I get that, but…an ENTIRE MUNICIPIO on paper voting!? I thought paper voting was used on a mesa-by-mesa basis in case the machine broke down…
Not sure… maybe it’s a small municipio?
Chivacoa es un pueblo. Es posible que no valia la pena poner maquinas ahi.
I don’t follow the link between “votación manual” y “por eso no aparece en el tarjeton”. Why the first implies the second? Something is missing in that argument!
Pablo Perez: They have been incinerated:
http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/91288/pablo-perez-los-cuadernos-electorales-ya-fueron-destruidos
Ravell just confirms.
“Urgente. 3:35 pm irreversible. Ya se destruyeron los cuadernos de votacion tal como acordaron la Mesa y el CNE.”
BTW Bocaranda had it in his Runrunes this morning: Ojo con el TSJ y los voluntarios radicales
He wasn’t wrong. Looks like the MUD was prepared. Awesome.
It’s pretty obvious by now that this was a bushwhack, with the action probably having been thought out beforehand. I’d like to see what HCR’s reaction to all this is but more importantly why in the hell is PP and others talking first? They’re well within their rights as citizens but if the oppo isn’t on message and more importantly shows a united front against this latest assault, they’ve lost it. Chavismo is trying to overwhelm MUD by the sheer brazenness of this action and it’ll be interesting to see if the ‘fraud’ argument will carry any weight in the international press.
He probably will respond tonight at his proclamation act. Things are happening too fast.
About others taking initiative: Probably just a little chaotic, but maybe smart. Let the others be confrontational. Shield him from the shit. He then makes strong, measured statements.
BTW I am in awe of how profoundly CDMs these people can be. Glad to see that MUD was one step ahead.
I think it’s great to see in full daylight the muddying of waters, the extent to which radical chavistas are prepared to go to deny earlier contractual agreements.
I also see nothing wrong in having other MUD members (MCM and PP) declare their opinion. Let HCR be the final arbiter on the matter, when he is officially proclaimed presidential candidate, later today. I would not like to see him make too much noise, before then. It would only add to unnecessary fires.
The contractual agreement was made between the MUD and the CNE, and it was apparently kept to safeguard the identities of those who voted.
If radical chavistas didn’t like the agreement, they should have ‘vociferado’ long before now.
Cómo te quedó el ojo, JR?
Breaking News: Guys try to arrest MUD coordinator in Aragua. It has begun.
They are saying he has Aragua’s books in in truck and they are trying to take him with it.
We burned the cuadernos, there will be reprecutions.
If the MUD and the opposition in general weren’t “mentalisados” for the nastiest of all-out political war, we already lost. I am expecting worst attacks than on the times of paros and golpes.
Y’all got your trenches ready?
It’s the time for heroes. Yes, some people may be under threat over this.Let’s see how far these guys dare to take it.
“Si vis pacem, para bellum”
“If you wish for peace, prepare for war”
Si quieres paz, preparate para la guerra.
Bocaranda has more details about Velazquez:
“Rafael Velasquez fue Alcalde Copeyano.Lo mas seguro:Luisa Estela lo jalò via Dip. PSUV Braulio Jimenez. Por eso Martin Pacheco ayudo montarlo”
God! Three hours away from my computer/TV/mobile and this happens!
I’m biting my nails here.
If the MUD anticipated this, off my hat to them.
I was at my computer and I am in shock at how fast this story broke, and developed.
I just got back from Valentine’s day lunch & all this is breaking.
Nothing is ever dull here!
No has visto nada. Until October, each day will be epic.
I can only smell the sheer fright from this actions. Chavismo is in panic and they are trying to scare us. MUD has to be very carefull until October 7th. This is going to be our reality for the months ahead.
I found this today:
http://majunchesploteados.blogsite.org/majunches/
Nice isn’t it?
Dirty war has started…
A picture of Zulia’s workbooks burning.
http://lockerz.com/s/183808818
The books, the books, the books are on fire,
The books, the books, the books are on fire,
We don’t need no water let the cuadernos burn,
Burn all the workbooks, burn.
Just another thought. If they keep this up, the idea that a lot less than 3 million showed up, won’t that then make them underestimate the numbers in the general election and hurt government mobilization of Chavistas?
Interesting thought.
I am at CIEC now with a working computer AND WIFI!
Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles!
People just starting to trickle in now.
So, will you do some kind of live-blog?
Sure, but I came way too early. Looks like this is going to get going at 8 p.m.
There is Henry Ramos now, chasing a microphone.
Don’t be shy go talk to him.
Explain to him that blogger dude with a laptop = microphone now days.
MUD spokesman: 100% of all cuadernos are destroyed.
In Aragua police got away with the cuadernos, the MUD representative said, didn’t he?
Supposedly a kid was murdered when s/he got in front of the police car that was taking the books away
http://www.6topoder.com/2012/02/14/ultimo-minuto-confirman-muerte-de-joven-en-quema-de-cuadernos/
No..I believe they made off with the “actas” not the cuadernos.
I hope. Actas only have votes. What’s your source?
I read it on this artile in Noticias 24 also listen to report. Dont know the validity but it only mentions actas and not cuadernos.
I hope is true. However, right now, we have to take all the news with a grain of salt.
CONFIRMED. It was the actas, not the cuadernos.
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/primarias-2012/120214/clavijo-denuncia-que-poliaragua-robo-camioneta-con-actas-de-primarias
Sorry, this article
http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/91319/funcionarios-que-se-identifican-como-del-sebin-intentan-llevarse-al-coordinador-de-la-mud-en-el-estado-aragua/
I read that too, so is hard to decide who’s right. I don’t think he got all the cuadernos of Aragua. The MUD probably knows better than I do. Remember, in Twitter they have killed Tio Simon like 20 times. When things settle, we’ll know better. I expect both sides to claim victory. The first casualty of war is the truth.
However, a young man is killed because of the decision by Luisa Estela, Carrasquero and this Mr. Nobody who make the claim at the TSJ. Isea just followed orders. What you can expect of a guy who finds acceptable the death of babies in the hospital?
This is Fu%# bull$%6. These guys haver gone too far. They didn’t even care about the primaries. Where is that coward…..he has not been heard of since Sunday. I hope people see what kind of president they stand behind. Not even worth mentioning his name.
You can refer to him as EQTC or Esteban. I know that feel bro.
Thanks geha…..I hope that the MUD and HCR make a bold statement tonight. This sets the tone for Oct 7. Just remember who threw the first punch and it was a sucker punch at that. Cowards all of them!
The MUD should probably organize a quick “simulacro de votación” at the proclamation act, in front of the media for the whole country to see. They should time four pretend voters casting their vote, one after the other. One would be voting while the scond one is signing the ballot, while the third one is handing out the cedula to be found in on the list. Then show the country on a big clock that the average for the 3 of them is easily less than one minute. That would take care of all the doubt and would make the government’s move about the ballots meaningless. After all, all the government wants is to disprove the 3MM figure, which is what really hurts them.
Great Idea!!
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/primarias-2012/120214/morales-ordeno-castigar-violacion-de-fallo-sobre-los-cuadernos
Pa’eso si son eficientes, pero para atrapar a valentin o a los choros, es culpa de los otros.
#LuisaEstelaEPICFAIL
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/primarias-2012/120214/tsj-exige-a-la-fan-impedir-destruccion-de-cuadernos-de-votacion
Si fueran asi para arreglar lo de Monagas, instead they arrested 2 journalists of Ultimas Noticias over there. #ChavistaLogicAtWork
So people should be punished for disobeying a court order that didn’t exist at the time of their act of “disobedience.” Talk about a Catch-22!
So in the future, rather than obey an order from a government agency (such as the CNE) and be punished, people should withhold action based on a possible injunction from the court. Never mind that no one is qualified to estimate the probability of such an injunction, the timing of when it will occur – or that violating the order from the government agency is, in itself, illegal and will also be punished.
If only someone could apply this double standard to them!!!
worst part, some kid was ran over by the aragua police
Apparently he died. The latest tragedy. We’ll name that street after him one day.
I’m a lawyer, I’m not sure if we lawyers are going to hell, but I’m sure the lawyers of the Sala Constitucional are
One day, we will build a monument to honor all of the people killed during this election. This kid will be the first name on the monument. Let us hope the monument will be a small one…
I just heard on Globo that he was shot
Here is a link to video…worth watching!
http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/91319/funcionarios-que-se-identifican-como-del-sebin-intentan-llevarse-al-coordinador-de-la-mud-en-el-estado-aragua/
Watch the video an at 1:12 you can see a military guy shooting from the back of the pick up truck. Cowards!!!!!
I caught a statement by LL on Globovision. He hit just the right notes: The Opposition is fulfilling its promises. They promised the secrecy of the voting roles, and they delivered. They promised an open and transparent primary, and they delivered. Keep trusting us, and we will deliver on what we promise you.
(highly paraphrased, but that was the gist of it)
This seems to be escalating fast, very fast
I think it is Esteban who wants things so, the coward doesn’t show, let the dogs do the dirty job.
Not surprised. The speech tonight of Henrique has more relevance now. He has to show defiance and courage, without falling into the game Chavez wants. Not too easy.
They can’t even get the dates properly on the TSJ sentence, ridiculous http://imagenes.lapatilla.s3.amazonaws.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TSJ.jpg
I am sure it was written on that date. They just forgot to edit.
Your title should be TSJ tries to stop, not TSJ stops. They didn’t stop anything.