Venezuela ruling party suspends leader for echoing criticism: media
Source: Reuters
Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party has suspended one of its directors for echoing a former official's recent criticism over corruption, local media reported on Wednesday, a sign President Nicolas Maduro is facing growing dissent from his own ranks.
Hector Navarro said he was disciplined for backing statements by former Planning Minister Jorge Giordani that accused Maduro of failing to stem multibillion-dollar fraud via currency controls, according to media reports.
The string of critiques marks a sharp divergence from the 14-year rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, whose insistence on military-style obedience helped maintain discipline within an often unruly coalition.
"I've been officially informed that the National Board (which has not met for a month) has decided to send me to the party's Disciplinary Tribunal," Navarro wrote in a message to university activists that was cited by local media.
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Psephos
(8,032 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,250 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)and his cronies are the ones benefiting from the corruption.
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(11,841 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)all there is to this story, if there is some other reason. And I've been reading a lot about this currency matter, but I don't think I will ever understand what is really going on there. Corruption ruins the faith of people in government. The private sector in many places is built on corruption of so many kinds that it outstrips honest government on every level. VZ sounds less modern with these thing happening.