World Challenges for the XXIst century

Yesterday I knew that PP’s MEP Luis Herrero had been expelled from Venezuela after pointing out several irregular facts (specially the change in the opening hours of the sites to vote) about the referendum to let Chávez (if he wins) be Venezuelan dictator “President for life”, referendum which will be held today. The expulsion was “nearly a kidnapping” according to Venezuelan opposition.

So, Spanish Government is going to ask Venezuelan Ambassador about the expulsion, but Elena Valenciano, Socialist responsible for Foreign Affairs has already said that “he did not fulfill the code of behaviour for international observers, because they are only charged with making a report after the elections but not prior to them“. So they can’t caution if there is a real danger to the impartiality of the elections, they can only speak when everything is done and nothing can be done about it.

Luis Herrero has stated after his expulsion that he was not as an “observer” but as an invited guest from the opposition, and, as such, with full capacity to give an opinion about what is happening there. He also added that no one from Spanish Embassy has gone to support Carlos Iturgáiz and the rest of PP’s MEPs who are also in Venezuela.

Meanwhile, López Istúriz, another PP’s MEP, considers that the statements made by Elena Valenciano “belongs really to a political komissar”, and that the measure they should have taken was “to write a protest note, not the expulsion, if they felt offended by his words”.

Zapatero’s Government (again) places itself with tyrants…

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