EL Universal: "Bishops reject imposition of Cuba inspired socialism"

Published by Juan Francisco Alonso, EL Universal July 12, 2010

Prelates say they have a say and that will continue to exercise their right of opining on the national reality.

Neither the claims of the various public authorities to restrict themselves to exercise their pastoral work or the threat to indict president of Cardinal Jorge Urosa intimidate members of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV ), who at the end of its ninety- fourth regular meeting reaffirmed their concern about the socialist system that the Government promotes.

In its traditional appeal the prelates said : "The people want to live in democracy, rule of law, with real participation of all in a climate of justice and freedom. This was decided in the referendum of December 2, 2007 . So is absolutely unacceptable to impose a socialist state inspired by the Cuban communist regime and has been specifically through laws and facts that ignore the popular will and the Constitution. "

The document , read by Monsignor Diego Padron , archbishop of Cumana , the Bishops reiterated its concern about the climate of violence and corruption in the country and is manifested "especially in insecurity , violent deaths , both in the street as in prisons and the shocking loss of food and medicines. "

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When you subtract a little over two months for the parliamentary elections of September 26 , the bishops invited citizens to attend the polls en masse , for which recalled that Parliament should not only enact laws but " must be also a body of effective and real exercise of government control , to ensure the correct use of resources and management development that meets the objectives defined democratically . "

It also advocated that the new legislature is not like this, monochrome , but he receives in the "bosom divergent political views . "

Continue opining
When asked about the statement that the directive of the Supreme Court of Justice issued , in which he accused the prelates of violating the concordat between the Vatican and Venezuela, Monsignor Padrón said with some disdain , that " we have not definitively established a position Because we believe that there are many more important things (...) The needs of the people we take more time . We have been reading the statement, but the answer will have his time, and experts may be entitled to respond . "

Finally, with regard to demands from the Government , the highest court, the Ombudsman and Parliament to let them make a decision on the national scene , the archbishop of Cumana said emphatically: " We have the right to their opinion as we have done and will continue to do , because that is the most comprehensive and natural that any citizen has . "