The Government continued raiding homes and farms lookin for evidence that would link opposition figures to the paramilitary group detained two weks ago. So far, it has come up empty in all instances. What is bothersome about it is that many of these raids are being carried out illegally, such as the one in the home of retired General Gonzalez Gonzalez or the detention of General Uson. In both cases there were flagrant violations of the law such as the fact that no prosecutor was present in the raid on the General's home and General's Uson detention ocurred without his lawyer being present and his lawyers have had no access to him. A third raid in Caracas apparently followed procedure. While I don't know whether or not these people are involved in these affairs, the way in which they were being carried out bodes badly for all of us.
Meanwhile, the ratification process against Deputies from both sides has gone very slowly with very little attendance so far. While the OAS representative said this was not as expected, the truth is that it is next week's recall that matters to people. I do hope we have recall votes against both pro-Government and opposition Deputies as this would be healthy for our democratic system.
Finally, in another example of bad faith on the part of the CNE, the "institutional" advertising calling people to go and ratify their signature, talked about people withdrawing their signature which is not in the spirit or the norms of the process, but what else is new?
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