[NYTr] Chavez: They won't be able to stop the wagon of the Revolution

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Granma Daily - Dec 1, 2007
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art02.html

Chávez: They won't be able to stop the wagon of the Revolution

He denounces plans by the CIA and the national oligarchy to ignore the
results of the referendum and destabilize Venezuela. He calls on the
people and the military leaders to stay in alert

by Juan Antonio Borrego and Calixto N. Llanes (photos), 
special Reporters

CARACAS, November 30.— "They won't be able to stop the wagon of the
revolution", Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez proclaimed when, on
Friday he denounced plans to ignore the results of the referendum of
Sunday and to destabilize the country before an imminent victory of the
Yes vote on the constitutional modification proposal.

The leader revealed details of the so-called Operation Tenaza, which he
said was sponsored by the CIA and the Venezuelan oligarchy to foment
sabotage in the oil industry, the electric power supply and food for
the population and generally to transform the country into chaos, in
case the revolutionary Bolivarian choice is imposed.

"If Operation Tenaza is activated not a drop of petroleum will leave
for the United States", assured the leader at the closing act of the
campaign, organized by the Zamora Command, which brought together
hundreds of thousands of sympathizers in Avenida Bolívar and in other
main roads of the center of Caracas.

‘Anyone who votes Yes is voting for Chávez, anyone that votes No, votes
for Bush,’ assured the main promoter of the constitutional reform,
alluding to the true background of the confrontation that will be
decided on Sunday in the voting booths.

Chávez also referred to the contents of President Fidel Castro’s latest
reflections, in which the Cuban leader alerts the world about the
possibility of an assassination or a civil war in Venezuela and the
serious consequences that it would imply for the globalized world in
which we live.

Face with such realities the leader called on the people to stay
vigilant in the hours up to the referendum, as well as when it takes
place and also afterwards and he ordered the leaders of the armed
forces to be on the alert to frustrate the enemy plans.

Cheered on by a multitude that constantly chanted slogans like "They
won't return", "The people united will never be conquered" and the
familiar "Chávez won’t step down", the Bolivarian leader said that,
daily, the revolutionary forces grow more in the heart of the people
and said he was sure of a Yes victory, although if the opposite were to
happen he would be the first one to recognize it.

In this context the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE),
Tibisay Lucena considered the call for a "no return" vote promoted by
some sectors of the opposition as a strange ploy. And, as such, she
called on the political organizations once again to clarify whether
they would accept the results of the referendum or not.

The senior electoral authority in the country assured that, with the
available technological platform and the procedures in place, electoral
fraud no longer exists in Venezuela. This has been recognized on more
than one occasion by international observers.

She warned that the CNE is prepared to act in case the regulatory
scheme that prohibits the premature announcement of the results of the
referendum is violated.