Lawyer files complaint against President for inciting violence

www.vheadline.com Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Lawyer Oscar Arnal has lodged a complaint with the Attorney General's Office accusing President Hugo Chavez Frias of inciting people to commit acts of violence such as state terrorism. 

Arnal alleges that it is the  "fiery, unacceptable, violent and aggressive rhetoric used by the government " that is the main cause of violence currently occurring in Venezuela. 

The lawyer claims that when the President slams the Venezuelan media his supporters then attack journalists and cameramen, and when he criticized the Friends of Venezuela group two bombs exploded. 

The allegation has also been forwarded to United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and the Organization of American States (OAS) inter-American commission on human rights.