PEDRO PABLO PEÑALOZA
EL UNIVERSAL

The head of state has volunteered to save both the country and the world. However, who will save Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian revolution? What from they should be saved? Some saviors are ready to answer to these questions. "We cannot leave the destiny of Chávez and the process in the hands of a bureaucratic elite that has failed to explain the people some events that have happened throughout these years. We have a great president. However, he is not in good company, neither at government nor at the political management."

Such a concern prompted the organization of the electoral campaign command of Movimiento Conciencia Revolucionaria (MCR) -a conglomerate of social and political groups that condemn "traditional" ruling political parties as much as they back the Venezuelan ruler. The initiative emerged because "after seven years of revolutionary process, social justice is not reaching the Venezuelan people," Secretary General of political MEP party and promoter of MCR Eustoquio Contreras explained.

"Every day, the president urges to follow the strategic guidelines,  initials projects and apportions resources. Nevertheless, a terrible elite and bureaucratic manner of handling public policies has resulted in people's annoyance. Only somebody wanting to lay himself open to ridicule and be labeled as mediocre can deny it," Contreras warned.

The chief executive office of Movimiento Conciencia Revolucionaria delivered a press conference to announce that the body, with over 27,000 activists nationwide, will focus its work on municipalities and "keep public policies under national social surveillance." They have set to prop up the forever-pledged "revolution inside the revolution," and ensure upright administration of public monies.

"We are worried about the president. He is not in good company. We are leftist and will challenge the rightwing inside the process, as it is present and has power," Contreras roared, by keeping distance among pro-government currents. "To be sure, while we have the same project and the same wording, our behaviors have shown to be different."

Unsolved riddles
The organization of Hugo Chávez' campaign command has led to friction among pro-government supporters. "A few out of the multiple parties that compose the president's political platform, fully responsible for political and electoral management over the last seven years, now speak about the organization of a new campaign command. However, no meeting has been held to provide a rationale on the events of December 4th (when the opposition waived participation in he parliament polls). In the face of such a situation and in the absence of a centralized political administration, we ought to protect both the president and the revolution," MEP Secretary General and MCR spokesman highlighted.

In Contreras' opinion, government high-ranking officials, and governors and mayors involved in the campaign for parliament elections, should account for the events at that time. "We need to realize that we suffered then an electoral and political setback. Let us being humble," he pointed out.

MCR plans also to open an ideological debate going beyond the cyclical situation of the election for president, on the 2007 horizon, to build the 21st Century Socialism and clear public administration. "People have nobody to listen to them, and if so, nobody gives an answer."

ppenaloza@eluniversal.com

Translated by Conchita Delgado

Pedro Pablo Penaloza
EL UNIVERSAL