President Hugo Chávez congratulated on Thursday the llanos states and some states, such as Aragua, where the Yes vote won in a referendum on the draft constitutional reform held last Sunday.

However, he availed himself of the opportunity to make a number of complaints to his followers.

"On the contrary, we lost in Miranda state. We lost in the Capital District. Take note (…) Miranda has a debt with me, take note of it. Caracas residents have a debt with me, I have written it down. Let us see if the pay or do not pay it for it!

"They let the Yes vote lose," said the president during a ceremony to award certificates to graduate students under the Venezuela-Mali, Venezuela-Boliva agreements, and the members of Mission Ché Guevara International at Caracas Poliedrito.

He noted that in western Guárico state, where the Yes vote won, "the people's voice prevailed, as they refused to be mixed up or intimidated. True revolutionaries do not stop before anything."

"I must step down in 2013, because you did not pass the reform."

While he said this, the audience chanted "No, no, no." The president replied: "Cries are one thing, but reality is otherwise."