Venezuelan VP: Opposition Unified Democratic Panel must face the music

"The opposition has been facing a political and electoral downfall, and it does not want to face the music. It seeks to pretend that nothing has happened," the Venezuelan vice-president stated as he referred to the Opposition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD)

The vice-president urged the opposition to show some respect for the Venezuelan president (TV screen capture)

EL UNIVERSAL

Thursday December 27, 2012 05:48 PM

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro urged the opposition to show some respect for the life of President Hugo Chávez, who is currently in Cuba after having undergone cancer surgery recently. Maduro expressed that the opposition has raised "intrigues, lies, and rumors" about Chávez's health so as to cover the defeat in the gubernatorial election held on December 16.

Maduro remarked that the opposition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) "must face the Venezuelan people." They must admit that if the Government had lost the two electoral processes held in 2012, its leaders would have resigned.

The vice-president said, "The opposition has been facing a political and electoral downfall and it does not want to face the music. It seeks to pretend that nothing has happened," Maduro stated.

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