OAS chief please with CNE selection commission

www.vheadline.com Posted: Monday, March 03, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Organization of American States (OAS) secretary general Cesar Gaviria has expressed his satisfaction at the formation of a National Assembly selection commission whose responsibility will be, amongst other things, the choosing of a new National Electoral College (CNE) board of directors.

The replacement of the previous CNE board is a necessary step in the opposition's push for early general elections or a referendum on President Hugo Chavez Frias' rule.

"This was a very important step, because it is necessary for any electoral solution."

The board's replacement became necessary several weeks ago when the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) ruled that all the CNE's previous decisions were null and void because the eligibility of one of its voting directors was in question because he tendered his resignation several months earlier.