Yet another opportunity for the imprisoned felon (aka mayor-elect) to slam Crystallex. Funny, I didn't see the payments to judges in our financials...

Chained by vigil and Chancellor
Thursday, November 27, 2008

The people of Sifontes decided he wants to Chancellor Carlos as its mayor, and seems determined to stand up to fight for justice that enables it to occupy his office. After spending Tuesday night in vigil, the protest of hundreds of people arriving Sifontes continued on Wednesday with reinforcements, as the deputy Pastora Medina, who were chained together with other demonstrators at the Palace of Justice in Ciudad Guayana. Although not yet achieved the release of the mayor-elect, it succeeded in getting into the city record of the proclamation, which was read on the site of the demonstration.

* The secretary of the national organization of PPT, Rafael Uzcategui, arrived yesterday at Bolivar to hear the case.

* Fraction of the parliamentary party Patria Para Todos elevate the case to the National Assembly to discuss it.


Clavel A. Rangel Jimenez
Photo Henry Ortega

Children, elderly, indigenous, family and political Patria Para Todos (PPT) is adorned in front of the judicial authority to call again for the release of Carlos Chancellor.

Since last Tuesday the people of Sifontes remains on the outskirts of the courts. Still moving from the southern state of Bolivar, over 200 km from Ciudad Guayana, even spent Tuesday night in front of the palace in a vigil on Wednesday and did the same. They say not ceding ground, which will be there until they fulfill all you want, to release Chancellor.

Rafael Uzcategui, secretary of organization of the PPT also arrived at the institution, to report that raised in Parliament that the plenary discuss the status of the mayor.

Pastora Medina, deputy to the National Assembly (AN), reported this afternoon that Mauro Suarez, secretary general of Fatherland For All (PPT) in Bolivar State, moved up Tumeremo to find the letter of proclamation issued by the Board Municipal Sifontes. On Wednesday the junta had refused to proclaim Carlos Chancellor for not being in this body but, as pointed out by Medina, a decision has been taken by the people.

At about 7:00 pm Suarez came to the Palace of Justice and read the minutes of proclamation. Alicia Hernandez, a supporter of the mayor, reported that there was no legal impediment to doing so and everything was due to ignorance of the proceedings. "The judge Ely Rendón has until Friday at 4:00 in the afternoon to decide," he said.

"If there is no justice for Carlos to say that there is no justice for anyone (...) Ely Rondon (judge who leads the cause), on their shoulders rests what might happen here, not you gave permission for Carlos to make it to vote. This is the palace of the greatest injustices, what a shame! "Said Medina.

Both Medina as counsel Hernandez showed his condemnation of actions that leads the court against Chancellor. "I hope this call is forwarded to the President of the Republic, how is it possible that in times of revolution committed these injustices. Please, no more bloodshed, no more injustice, the people of Sifontes already has enough, "added the MP.

He charged that judges are paid by the transnational Crystallex: "Too bad we get these judges, what a shame!".

Medina called on those present to save energy because the fight will continue until the release order. Asked Luisa Ortega Diaz, attorney general of the Republic, which takes a decision in the case of Chancellor.

"We feel penalty in the soul"
The defender's mayor, Alicia Hernandez, reported being asked not to a finding by the merits of the case, ie, has not touched the file. He noted that they are asking for an alternative measure of freedom as the absence of a final ruling, Chancellor enjoying their civil rights in the Constitution.

"We are symbolically chained because we feel well, a penalty felt in the soul. I have complained to the judges because the process must be put where it belongs. Carlos has neither the preliminary hearing, what power can be larger if not for the people? What power larger than that of God? "He said.

Regarding the case, the defender said that he did not know the file. "I know that the 40 pieces of the file and I only have access to the latest piece, I have everything I need to be able to assume the defense, I do not have to stick to the defense earlier because this is a new".

With power in their hands
While the people of Sifontes remained on the outskirts of the Palace, we are trying to communicate with former Chancellor Carlos councilman, who is imprisoned for 20 months at the headquarters of Caroni patrol in Unare. Although access to the press he had never been denied, this time an order came from the Court of Chancellor limiting access to the media.

Luis Velasquez, director of the Caroni Patrol reported that the voting rights it was granted to former councilman on Nov. 23. However, he said that the order was to move up a commission of the CNE headquarters of the police but it never arrived.

The accused is the only mayor who has won an election while in prison, in fact, won with 65.38% of the votes. On the evening of Wednesday Chancellor Carlos was able to gain access via the Internet to the media.

"Govern without condition, without political differences, fights, discussions or clashes of a political nature, to jointly undertake and solve problems suffered by our people," he said.

"We will assume a government for the participation of the people, respaldaré unconditionally to the communal councils, to the missions, and programs such as Mothers of the Barrio, Black Hippolytus, Che Guevara, Mission Miracle, Jose Gregorio Hernandez, among others, to be implemented by the Interior for the benefit of communities, without political retaliation, nor of any kind, and our priority is our commitment to the people, pushing the endogenous development and diversification of the municipality that we are going to manage with honesty and transparency, "he added.

He indicated that take into account all proposals of the institutions and companies and that his government will of the people.

The black box of Sifontes

Carlos Chancellor is already mayor. So says the act of proclamation that gave the Board of Municipal Sinfontes. The former alderman is charged with seven offenses: instigation to commit crimes, incitement to panic, anxiety in the community, closing roads, agavillamiento, personal injuries caused in scuffle generic and embezzlement of funds. However, since two years ago remains in custody without even having held the preliminary hearing.

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PUBLIC & CONFIDENTIAL / Damian C. Prat
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Freedom for Carlos Chancellor!

Carlos Chancellor is a political prisoner of Governor Rangel Gomez and the transnational Crystallex. Strange conjunction of a government that says "revolutionary" with a powerful international capitalist enterprise, under the indifferent gaze (¿accomplice?) Of the maximum leader who talks a lot about people and socialism, but that in this as in many other cases does the opposite . A "crime" is political to argue that depriving them of their freedom and silence. Chancellor Carlos has 20 months in prison without trial or sentence, violating all laws constitutional due process. Chancellor Carlos is in prison for having accompanied and supported a popular street protests of thousands of miners in 2005. The government dizque appeals to a revolutionary change in the penal code that prohibits demonstrations tranquen streets and that punishes with prison. Typical law on extreme right-wing military governments that was approved by the National Assembly "red rojita" in 2004. A stain of shame with which many leftists ends of the exterior are silent and complicit. The political prisoner Carlos Chancellor is prohibited from speaking and writing in the media. Obviously was forbidden to campaign. And despite all these disadvantages, he won the PSUV, the governor Rangel and former Mayor rojita. Chancellor got the highest percentage of voting of any candidate in the entire state of Bolivar with 64%. More than twice the candidate of the PSUV. The town of Tumeremo is in the streets and a large group came up to the courts in Ciudad Guayana, demanding the release of their mayor. Justifiably demand and with justice, which he issued an alternative free to assume that the municipal government of Sifontes.

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Edition of the day Thursday November 27 of 2008

CIUDAD BOLIVAR, BOLIVAR STATE, VENEZUELA

Chancellor-elect Carlos Mayor of the municipality Sifontes.
Move towards the transformation of a model of municipal government

I say the mayor-elect who departed without any conditions, political differences, fights, discussions or clashes of a political nature, to jointly undertake and solve problems suffered by our people
I affirm that the declarant will assume a government for the people's participation, support unconditionally to the communal councils to missions, and programs such as Mothers of the Barrio, Black Hippolytus, Che Guevara, Mission Miracle, Jose Gregorio Hernandez, among others, to be implemented by the governor or the Government National Benefit communities without retaliation policies, nor of any kind, and our priority is our commitment to the people, pushing the endogenous development and diversification of the municipality that we are going to manage with honesty and transparency. Take into account the proposals from the distant institutions and companies from the government regardless of the government, an argument that his government will be Chancellor of the People, will work with Regional and National in the design of the Municipal Development Plan and Communal, we will rule whether online , And unified in seeking solutions that are resolved only by those who have responsibilities of government with the participation of communities at large, indigenous and Creole government unconditionally support all projects and programs of Governor Rangel Gomez and President Chavez, if conditions for us the priority is the town that was the message of our campaign and we will do so in the exercise of our functions I assured the people and thus deny once more to those who still continue despite the fact that we won the elections with the dirty war and ratified I deny my commitment to people with no party, no matter who we are if you use red shirts, white, blue, yellow or green, for us, there will be no political differences, our religious commitment, we basically a broad government that will work to improve the living conditions of our citizens.
Chancellor said that the mayor will fulfill its commitment to fight alongside his people despite the crisis that is close by low oil prices, but with honesty and transparency in coordination with the Regional and National government, the manifesto declaring, No time to lose in clashes, largely because of the commitment that as the mayor has with his people in general, who overwhelmingly supported by 79% of the vote with the result that Chancellor is the mayor and voted most disadvantaged because of their condition arrested, said that he expects the justice to which it is reviewing your case take into consideration that this is an additional element that does not justify his arrest because as mayor of the municipality Sifontes, is committed to its people and loses status danger of escape, for which he is detained. At the same time it will prove his innocence in reference to the series of accusations that he made among which the most serious are those of the closure of the passageway for his involvement in these acts of protest by miners against abuses by Part of the Transnational Piti Yankee, as is the Transnational Crystallex International, which has been marked by continuing to violate the human rights of small miners, with a squad that private use to attack the Venezuelan citizens of this community ..

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