Is the Episcopal Conference Splitting From Guaido and G4? (Parliamentary Elections)
This Tuesday, August 11, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Church’s highest body, issued a statement in which it criticized the abstentionist sector of the Venezuelan opposition. “Abstention is not enough,” said the clergy, while making the call to vote on December 6 in the parliamentary elections.
The Catholic body, from a sustained anti-Chavista stance as it has always had, stressed that abstentionism deprives Venezuelans of their rights within the National Assembly.
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#CatĂłlicos Conferencia Episcopal Venezolana convoca a ir a elecciones – AsegurĂł que pese âa las irregularidades del evento "la abstenciĂłn no bastaâ pues el momento exige la participaciĂłn y llamĂł a los partidos a âbuscar salidas y generar propuestasâ.https://t.co/0wuqZvPRTP pic.twitter.com/t5I4XxEBmZ
— La Tabla (@latablablog) August 11, 2020
They recalled in the letter the parliamentary elections of 2005, where the opposition used the same formula to demobilize its followers: “Something similar happened in December 2005 and it had no positive result,” they said.
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Desde su postura antichavista reflexiona que âla participaciĂłn masiva es necesaria y podrĂĄ vencer los intentos totalitarios y el ventajismoâ.
AsĂ como otros grupos de poder, la cĂşpula catĂłlica venezolana ha ido marcado progresiva distancia ante el fracaso del #proyectoGuaidĂł. pic.twitter.com/IUGS9UmqZt— La Tabla (@latablablog) August 11, 2020
From a distance that has been progressively marked by the imaginary government of Juan GuaidĂł, the Catholic body did not stop attacking the national government and the efficiency of the Electoral Power; it said that despite “the irregularities of the event,” they would have to go to the polls.
Featured image: Courtesy of La Tabla.
Translation: OT/JRE/EF
