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Valentin: Civil society tries to tarnish reform

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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio Cesar Valentin, suggested yesterday that there are sectors of the civil society that are trying to tarnish the discussions on the constitutional reform, an attitude he calls intolerable.

The legislator says that these sectors are only looking to become important players because they have no standing on the national scene. Valentin rejected the idea that the summons to the National Assembly violated legal precepts as alleged by the Citizen forum, an entity that filed an appeal before the Contentious and Administrative Court. 

“Naturally, there are sectors that enjoy being on the sidelines and maintaining impertinent positions and excessive criticisms, but without offering solutions, and because of this the people have not given them a place, because they are not fit no do they have the maturity needed to promote changes,” expressed the legislator. 

He deplored the fact that these sectors do not submit themselves to public scrutiny or get popular legitimacy, to see if it is true that they are well intentioned, and want to help the country. 

He added: “There are entities that want to tarnish (the reform process) because they believe that they are the ones that should put together the forums, so that society gives them the legitimacy that at times they do not have, and they only obtain it when they have the resources, and that in many cases they do not know where this money comes from.” 

Regarding the announcement by the reformist party (PRSC) that there is no previous agreement to approve the amendments, Valentin said that they are not going to force anyone, nor resort to maneuvers that have troubles other reform processes. 

The Senate president, Reinaldo Pared Perez, said he favored the opening of communication bridges between the different parties, with the idea of obtaining a consensus on the most controversial points of the constitutional reform before the actual process starts on 14 April. “It would be interesting to open communication bridges between the different parties in order to see on which points we can agree, with the idea that these can be approved with any kind of difficulty and those that can present problems we can leave for a later time.”