AD leader slams Salas Romer for creating division in opposition

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Accion Democratica (AD) president, Henry Ramos Allup has been quick to slam fellow opposition leader, Henrique Salas Romer for launching his Proyecto Venezuela (PV) candidacy. "The only opposition agenda right now is the recall referendum!"

Ramos Allup calls the PV position "divisionary," and "doing poor service to the opposition." 

The National Assembly (AN) deputy claims that the rest of the opposition has made a great effort to tow the line and avoid protagonism, even though many are possible presidential candidates, such as Enrique Mendoza, Enrique Salas, Alfredo Pena, Julio Borges.

Other opposition parties received a dressing down for questioning the validity of the Sumate Group signatures collected after the national stoppage faded out ... "if the opposition starts letting in own goals, saying the signatures aren't valid, Chavez Frias won't have to do anything to stay in power."

Returning to Salas Romer, Ramos Allup admits his adversary has his virtues but warns that he should not go OTT so that he can't see anymore what is happening in Venezuela.