CTV secretary general appears before Attorney General's Office

www.vheadline.com Posted: Friday, March 14, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Confederation of Trade Unions (CTV) secretary general Manuel Cova has appeared before the Attorney General's Office following a summons issued earlier in the week by public prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz.

At first Cova was unsure as to whether he would attend following the arrest warrants issued for other leading strike leaders, such as CTV president Carlos Ortega who is currently on the run from the police, but following some clarification of why he had been summoned he decided to present himself.

The senior CTV member said he had been questioned in regard to the two month long national work stoppage which he argued "was a decision made by every Venezuelan citizen that believed it was necessary to join the protest which was aimed at securing elections."

Cova told the public prosecutor that Coordinadora Democratica's and the CTV's role had merely been to urge people to participate and those that did so acted of their own accord.