Attorney General Isaías Rodríguez endorsed Wednesday a proposal made Tuesday by Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto on the need to seize golf courses in the capital city.

However, he refrained from making any comments on the tone used by the official. On Tuesday night, during the swearing-in ceremony of the members of the Metropolitan Public Policy-Making Council, Barreto lashed out at Chacao and Baruta Mayors Leopoldo López and Henrique Capriles Radonski, respectively.

"Indeed, the money spent in preserving or keeping one single meter of a golf course could be used to sustain 20 families. Meditating on this fact is quite appropriate," he emphasized.

For his part, Ombudsman Germán Mundaraín refused to give any opinion on the event. "We, lawyers, are meant to construe the law. We do not ought to interpret the speeches either of Juan Barreto or anyone else."