Politics
The efforts made by Vicente Díaz, director of the National Electoral Council (CNE) to open administrative proceedings against President Hugo Chávez have failed again.

For the third time during this election campaign, the directors of the CNE, with the sole exception of Díaz, refused to launch an administrative investigation against the Venezuelan President for alleged breach of the election campaign rules during the inauguration of Morón Petrochemical Industry, in the city of Puerto Cabello (central Venezuela). According to the complaints, Chávez used the official event to promote the candidacy of pro-government politician Mario Silva to the government's office of Carabobo state, and met with Zulia state businessmen to promote the candidacy of pro-government candidate Gian Carlo Di Martino as governor of Zulia State, and to criticize two opposition candidates:  Pablo Pérez and Manuel Rosales. Why did the CNE reject to probe Chávez? On this opportunity, the electoral body argued that they cannot restrain Chávez's political rights.

While the CNE refused to investigate Venezuela's Head of State, it approved 47 administrative investigations. Among the most emblematic cases, noteworthy are the investigations against opposition leaders Pablo Pérez, Roberto Smith, Bella Petrizzo, Eduardo Morales, Ramón Muchacho, Willian Dávila and the government's office of Sucre state.