The adage is quite old, but appropriate
for the moment. It goes "Caesar's wife doesn't need to be only honest; she
has to look honest. " This is the case of the directors of Venezuela's
National Electoral Council (CNE) comply, but the other way around. They are not
impartial and don't care if they look impartial. Now they are suggesting the
opposition to sign a proposed pact by the ruling United Socialist Party of
Venezuela (PSUV), but never one that compromises the use of public resources
during the electoral campaign as proposed by José Guerra, an economist and
opposition candidate for the Parliament. Will the CNE directors ever go against
the guidelines of the PSUV? Let's look at the behavior of this electoral body
headed by Tibisay Lucena from last December until today so we can corroborate
its "impartiality." In the first place, she and Sandra Oblitas were
re-elected by the Parliament without any of them having the necessary votes to
that end, thus validating that unconstitutional decision with the assumption of
office. More…
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