Vice President insists revocatory referendum is the only way out

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela Electronic News Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Executive Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel insists that the only way out of the current political crisis engulfing Venezuela is for the opposition to settle for a revocatory referendum in August this year, the earliest date permitted under the current Constitution. 

Rangel says that attention should now be focused on updating the electoral register through the new National Electoral College (CNE)  as well as furthering the disarmament of the population and the government would be more than happy to accept international observers in both cases, the Vice President assures. 

Following his return from a tour of Latin American countries to discuss the Venezuelan political stalemate Rangel says that he held fruitful discussions with both Brazil and Chile, members of the Friends of Venezuela group, and that they agreed to play more pro-active roles in the resolution of the Venezuelan crisis.