Letter to President Chavez Citizen Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías President of the Republic
for almost 21 years, when we met in my office of army commander. As you recall, I stopped because I had evidence that you prepared a coup for the day December 6, 1989. At that time, a group of senior officers and officials, acting as accomplices pleaded to the president, who decided to release him "for lack of evidence." The same plan, then aborted, you repeated what 4F 1992, after my retirement. That failed coup made him a national figure and led him to Miraflores legally. Before the elections no military threatened to ignore his possible victory. If anyone would have done, I myself had come to defend you from this blackmail.
Today, 70 years of age, I worry about his decision to publicly defend Maj. Gen. Henry Rangel Silva and ascend in situ, as with those who have performed a heroic act in urgent danger of his life. This general unworthy all he did was boast a cohabiting with you and your cause. For him, loyalty to the homeland is average while with you is total. Faced with this shocking display of adulancia, you, rather than degrading it, ran to climb. Before the general adulation was Rangel Silva awarded the shameless promotion, I wrote an article in El Nuevo País "unfortunate statements criticizing the general said. Then a chorus of protests from different trenches allowed to feel the discontent. I noticed you did not lost long time ago tune with the people.
grotesque instead of rising, the bad example he deserved a penalty and dismissal. But this is not what most concerns. We get used to the idea that we will soon have dozens of generals in chief and thus the degree that merited Simón Bolívar, our great kidnapped, as will depreciate our currency. The trouble is that you confirm your decision orally to ignore the outcome of the presidential elections of 2012 if it is adverse to him. Such abuse of authority can not be overlooked, although the authorities do not take steps to convict him. In doing so, Mr. President, you said you de facto war more than half of the Venezuelan people.
Although I have seventy years of historical and legendary character that does not pretend to be a modern Alonso Andrea de Ledesma, facing the English buccaneers who plundered Caracas in 1595. Even I have an old helmet and armor, or a rusty spear. But I have my conscience and I feel the duty to cope up the gauntlet and challenging to you slapped us Venezuelan citizens. No one has selected to fill that position, but as a soldier of the republic, I feel obliged to take the risk. After all, to you no one has been authorized to exercise electoral blackmail. We are equal, unless you're Goliath. I'm an old man while still young vowed to defend the institutions to their lives if necessary, and still faithful to that commitment. I have lived a lot and I'm not afraid of death.
For these reasons, Mr President, I notify the democratic forces of the nation as challenge to face in the polls and accept the triumph of obtaining a majority. If you try to implement their threats to use force before or after these elections will resist with the same weapons you use. He also participated to the appointment of General Rangel, or any other officer designated as an alleged drug dealer, as defense minister at the time of the election, will be taken as a sign that you continue with plans to ignore the election results 2012.
I warn you that there will be peace only if it respects the Constitution and the voice of the majority of the people. So far its continued violations of the Constitution have been ignored, but the accumulation of contempt is becoming intolerable. The possible abortion of the 2012 elections or the lack of an adverse outcome to their political interests release the demons that are dammed. The Venezuelans want peace, but at the same time reject the dictatorship of any color. From the moment we are watching the weapons of democracy and at the same time ask because they do not unleash a civil war.
not pretend to be the leader of a movement against it, I'm just a humble messenger. Too many young leaders, intelligent and courageous willing to fight. I hope this tragedy will not be necessary. The military architect of freedoms is not going to kill Venezuelans.
This is not a threat of a coup or the beginning of a conspiracy, is a bell for you to understand that we are willing to fight for freedom and prevent the consolidation of a dictatorship along the lines you get from Havana. We do not want the dream of Bolivar Castro becoming a nightmare.
power in the interest of passenger and obsolete ideology and ruinous You can not start a civil war that will make him a monster to the story. No more call to Fidel for instructions. Get to govern Venezuela to the Venezuelans. The great Latin American unity will never be achieved with the communist model. Moreover, if you follow the pattern of Ms. Bachelet's government or to Lula could change the current trend and win in 2012. I guarantee that if you win cleanly, his triumph will be recognized as it should. Return to be Venezuelan, allow Fidel to die alone to Venezuela to live in harmony.
prevent you from reacting with the usual insults and defamatory. Always be ready to act as rational and decent people, according to what we were taught in the academy that shaped us as citizens and soldiers. Bury the hatchet directed from Cuba. Venezuela demands it.
Sincerely,
Major General Carlos Julio Peñaloza Zambrano.
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