Tribuna Popular –

The deputy of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), Oscar Figuera, warned of the danger for the popular and revolutionary movement in struggle for its rights of the approval of the so-called «Bill against Fascism, Neo-Fascism and Similar Expressions», presented this Tuesday, April 2 in the National Assembly, by the [PSUV] Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez.

After the President of the Legislative Power Jorge Rodríguez’s latest refusal to grabt the floor to the communist deputy, Figuera explained to Tribuna Popular that this legal instrument promoted by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), «means a danger for those of us who fight for the rights of the working people of the countryside and the city».

The Secretary General of the PCV warned of «the danger of approving and delivering a punitive law to a Government that is deeply authoritarian and disrespectful of the political and social rights contained in the Constitution» and gave as an example «the judicial assault against the PCV and the systematic policy of persecution of struggles, with the imprisonment of union, social and political leaders and activists».

Figuera recalled that there are already precedents «such as the so-called ‘law against hate’, which is used by the State as an instrument of persecution and repression».

«Fascism is the terrorist dictatorship of large capital imposed by the bourgeoisie to try to prevent the rise of the workers and popular struggles in their advance towards the seizure of power, in view of the deep crisis of the capitalist system and the inconsistencies of governments that, like the one headed by President Nicolás Maduro Moros and the PSUV leadership, betray the interests of the working class and other exploited sectors of the people», detailed the leader.

The deputy ratified the commitment of the PCV «with the struggle against all expressions of fascism, neo-fascism and all forms of discrimination, exclusion and persecution against human beings».

When asked about the need for legislation to address this phenomenon, Figuera explained that «there are no reasons that justify impunity in the crimes mentioned by the Vice President of the Republic during her speech before the plenary».

«In Venezuela there are laws that describe and punish those crimes. Impunity is the result of the permissiveness, complicity or fear with which the Public Powers have acted in the face of the crimes committed by Juan Guaidó, [former PSUV oil minister accused of massive corruption] Tareck El Aissami, [far right politician] María Corina Machado, among many other cases», said the parliamentarian.

«There are no unpunished crimes due to lack of laws, but due to the absence of justice and complicity of the high officials who head the Public Powers», he added.

Deputy Figuera explained that «there are no reasons that justify impunity for the crimes mentioned by the Vice President of the Republic during her speech before the plenary».

«In Venezuela there are laws that qualify and punish those crimes. Impunity is the result of the permissiveness, complicity or fear with which the Public Powers have acted in the face of the crimes committed by the Juan Guaidó, the Tareck El Aissami, the María Corina Machado, among many other cases», said the parliamentarian.

«There are no unpunished crimes due to lack of laws, but due to the absence of justice and complicity of the high officials who head the Public Powers», he added.

Threat against the class conscious union movement

Figuera criticized Vice President Delcy Rodriguez for having used the term «classism» to present it as an attribute of fascism.

«Perhaps they intend to outlaw with this law the class struggle», asked the communist deputy.

«The class struggle exists objectively, regardless of whether we recognize it or not; and its overcoming will not be solved by a law, but by a true socialist-communist revolution which, by the way, has nothing to do with the false socialism that the Government claims to exist in Venezuela», he pointed out.

The PCV abstained from voting on this bill, which was not previously presented to the deputies for reading, and advanced that it will submit its contents «to the widest discussion of diverse class and popular currents, authentically democratic, patriotic, anti-imperialist and revolutionary».

«The deputies of the PCV and the Popular Revolutionary Alternative will not blindly vote for a law which, at first sight, reinforces the powers of a profoundly authoritarian government, disrespectful of the social and political rights of the working and popular majorities», he concluded.