Posted on 08/16/2004 1:56:21 AM PDT by familyop
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to preliminary results released by the country's top electoral officer on Monday.
National Electoral Council President Francisco Carrasquero said in a national broadcast the "No" option opposing Chavez's recall had obtained just over 58 percent of the vote, while the "Yes" vote obtained nearly 42 percent.
But two pro-opposition electoral officials questioned the result.
Shortly before Carrasquero made the announcement, two members of the five-member National Electoral Council leadership said they could not back the result.
Ezequiel Zamora and Solbella Mejias, both known opposition sympathizers, said procedural checks had not been carried out on the results as required. "These partial results that part of the National Electoral Council wants to present to the public cannot be considered official," Mejias said.
We've been discussing it over here
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1192332/posts
Chavez stole this one. The 2 non-Chavistas on the NEC did support this result.
It doesn't look good for now, but I suspect that more important information will come out during the next few days. ...or longer.
You mean the two non-Chavistas did NOT support this result.
;-)
DARN
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That oughtta help
but but but... I'm only 32
Here's another one. It appears that the lefty publications are all over it.
Venezuela's Chavez Survives Recall Referendum (Update1)
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aPSSZQuJbq40&refer=news_index
a "what did we expect" ping
I bet Jimmy was conducting a trial run for the Kerry win.
The next Zimbabwe
Next stop for Jimmuh...Florida!
ABC RADIO said Chaves supporters were dancing in the streets
...more stuff.
Delays in voting spur fraud concerns
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-nssequencer3931664aug16,0,3242479.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print
http://caracaschronicles.blogspot.com/
anti-chavez website. They think they won, last post was before the election was stolen.
vcrisis.com
another anti-chavez website
Thanks!
Someone earlier asked about oil prices regarding the Venezuelan Referendum.
Oil Falls from Record as Chavez Survives
http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5983252
I am going to check those two anti-chavez websites tomorrow to see if the purges have started yet.
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