Venezuela bars third opposition leader from holding office

[Zorro]

Venezuela has barred another opposition leader from holding office ahead of hotly contested legislative elections.

Former mayor Enzo Scarano said Thursday that the comptroller's office has prohibited him from holding public office for a year. The order came two days after the comptroller issued the same ban for high-profile opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, and earlier this month former mayor Daniel Ceballo also was barred from office.

All three were candidates in the December legislative elections. Polls indicate the opposition is leading the races strongly as Venezuelans tire of chronic shortages, crime and inflation.

Scarano did not say why he was singled out. Politicians are most commonly banned from office when they are accused of raiding public coffers.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-bars-third-opposition-leader-holding-office-231739864.html

[COLGATE4]

1. If you can't beat them, bar them. Maduro's 'Democracy' in action. nt

[Marksman_91]

2. Wonder what the resident chavistas of this forum think about this

Oh, right, they're not gonna say anything because they wouldn't want to defend the indefensible.

[Bacchus4.0]

3. Government says Machado didn't report income from her Cesta Ticket which seems to be a

food card benefit of some sort. Its valued at $9/month. Machado says deputies don't even receive a Cesta Ticket subsidy

http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Venezuela-Machado-elecciones-parlamentarias-inhabilitacion_0_1394260947.html

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