Salas Romer launches recall campaign ...  "marches do not win elections"

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Proyecto Venezuela  (PV) has reinforced its decision to break away from the opposition Coordinadora Democratica (CD) and has set up its own recall referendum organization. 

At a special assembly this weekend, PV leader, Henrique Salas Romer has hit out at the opposition Coordinadora Democratica (CD) and its supposed presidential candidate, Enrique Mendoza, saying "we don't want just one opposition presidential candidate imposed by a CD clique." 

Salas Romer also slammed marches as the answer to Chavez Frias ... "marches are alright but they don't win elections." 

The former Carabobo State Governor and frequent visitor to Washington warns the CD to get its act together and start preparing its votes for the recall referendum.

As for his own presidential ambitions, Salas Romer told party members that it had two candidates: himself and his son, Henrique Salas Feo ... "we will decide which of us will be the candidate when the moment is right." 

PV's election strategy, Salas Romer says, is not to get rid of Chavez Frias but to elect a new President. 

"We want to defeat his strategy and we will not attack him because it would mean attacking Chavists ... let them see for themselves that Chavez Frias is the black sheep of the family ... Chavez Frias always finds a fool to answer his insults."

PV claims it has 75,000 volunteers that will start the party's "Yes" campaign and promote a current of opinion favoring PV's strategy.