Velasquez calls on people to take to the streets to defend Fernandez

www.vheadline.com Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Socialist Causa R chief, Andres Velasquez has come out in defense of Federation of Chambers of Industry & Commerce (Fedecamaras) president Carlos Fernandez issuing his now famous phrase … “something must done!”  Former Sutiss union leader, Velasquez calls the arrest a sign of “impunity that reigns in Venezuela, an outrage, abuse of authority and arbitrary.”

“Workers, housewives and the unemployed must take to the streets to fight for liberty, democracy and the rule of law … print & broadcast media must maintain the same editorial line.”

Although the Control judge for Fernandez' trial has been changed, the angry Assemblyman accuses the government of trying to hoodwink the system by placing a ”complacent” judge as prosecutor, the same judge who acted as the defense council for Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR) gunmen accused of shooting civilians on April 11.