Venezuelan opposition seeks to prove insanity of Chavez

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Jan 7, 2008, 20:03 GMT

Caracas - One Venezuelan opposition group is seeking legal action in an effort to prove that President Hugo Chavez is insane and unfit to govern. Henry Ramos Allup, the secretary general of the Democratic Action (AD) party, said Monday the group will seek the support of other opposition organizations and will also campaign across the country to request Chavez's resignation. 'If I started to enumerate the reasons to request the resignation of the president, this press conference would last days. There is no need to prove facts that are publicly known. That this a bad government is as certain as it is that fire burns or that water gets things wet,' he said. The party attempted in January 2002 to establish that Chavez was insane, although the country's Supreme Court rejected the move, Ramos Allup said. 'Now we are going to redraft it, and we will add facts that show that the president is not with it, that he is severely unbalanced,' he said. 'If he were a common Venezuelan nothing would happen, but he is the president, and his unbalances, whatever the reasons behind them, are causing grave damage to the country,' Ramos Allup said. The controversial Chavez became Venezuelan president in 1999, and has since won several elections with at least 60 per cent of the vote, including his most recent re-election in late 2006. However, Chavez suffered his first electoral defeat as president last month, in a referendum on a constitutional reform that sought among other things to allow the unlimited re-election of the Venezuelan president. © 2008 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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???Jan 7th, 2008 - 20:12:18

They want proof? Just listen to his rantings, the man is a certified nutbar! What more proof do they need?

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ew01Jan 7th, 2008 - 23:01:22

Wow, I was wondering exactly how the Venezuelan opposition would manage to f- up whatever political capital they've earned. Kudos, guys! You never disappoint!

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Question the VotersJan 8th, 2008 - 09:59:49

I'd like to know the 'state of the mind' of the majority of voters if Chavez is proven to be insane.

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tonny from belgiumJan 8th, 2008 - 15:21:58

Given the fact that he managed to wrestle the oil revenues from the small oligarchy which was the only benefactor from it to divert the money into better health care and education for the poorest part of the population (which incidentally is the majority of the people ),this is only another mad attempt from the regain it's former position .Bad luck for them ,Chavez might be eccentrical but there is plenty of reasons for the very large support he enjoys through the polls .Suddenly democracy does not seem so important anymore to the rich ,all dirty tricks are allowed .Chavez survived a military coup ,this is but a another feeble attempt ,an insanity on itself.So who's mad?

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Viva Sr. ChavezJan 11th, 2008 - 04:36:57

USA is going down

Viva El Frente/Verde[.org]

how can anyone say this man does not support and love his people?
huh. USA 35% kids

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Desea América vivaJan 19th, 2009 - 11:37:54

Chavez has risen to new heights of insanity.

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