"Great Idea! I'm Using That!"
Posted on 01/30/2015 5:49:48 AM PST by StaffiT
An internal ruling made by the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, published on Tuesday, January 27, in state newsletter Gaceta Oficial, legalizes the use of lethal weapons by the national armed forces (FANB) against protesters.
[snip]
Under Venezuelan law, the Defense Ministry does not have the authority to override or ignore the Constitution and the norms contained therein. María Esperanza Hermida, coordinator for enforcement in Venezuelan NGO (Provea) argued that the measure violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as transferring competencies to the military which are the preserve of the civil police.
[snip]
Criminalization of a Right
Hermida raised further concerns about the scope for interpretation contained within the Defense Ministry’s ruling that lethal force could be used to “support the legitimately constituted authority.” For the Provea activist, protests by their essence are a complaint against the authorities, meaning that any demonstration against the government could be dispersed with live ammunition.
Hermida explained that the great majority of the 9,286 protests that took place in 2014 — the highest figure yet in Venezuela — didn’t become violent until state security forces attempted to disperse them. As such, she argued, stipulating in a quasi-legal text that simply expressing anti-government sentiments could be constituted as aggression is to criminalize the right to protest.
(Excerpt) Read more at emergingequity.org ...
But I can’t understand why anyone would want to protest what must be surely be a heaven on earth: a worker’s paradise socialist nation?
The Left says that their way is the best and that we must make progress towards it and away from freedom.
So why oh why would people be upset?
[Okay, enough sarcasm for so early in the morning]
wow
The Looters-in-Charge don’t like dissent
if you complain about your starvation, you gone!
where is Amnesty International????
And they can get away with suppressing dissent because they are confident the people can’t shoot back at them.
The Commie Left gun grabbers here would be salivating over such an ability.
With the people protesting their commie agenda they could just say like it or lump it.
Ya, thats the big lie we’ve been fed for years and years: socialism/communism is for the good of the people. In reality theyre 2 schemes to keep the sheep dependent/subservient on the govt and in line. On the matter of guns...liberals love guns. Their problem is that you can have them too. Liberals understand all too well they cant rule over you if you can effectively resist. This is why liberals are so in a lather about taking them from us. Anyone who wants to restrict your freedoms is the enemy. Its no more complex than that.
Kids can’t legally buy food in Venezuela and adults must use a card —this is to permit rationing trackability.
OUR FUTURE..?
kids can’t buy food? crazy
What is the death of a few troublemakers in the quest for a socialist utopia? /s
Where’s Sean Penn?
“OUR FUTURE..?”
Yes, unless the GOPe gets pushed out of the way of conservatives causing the left (Dems and GOPe) to back down.
Awe, yes, the workers’ paradise of socialism, where people line up around the block to buy bread from a store that has no bread.
Americans never give up your guns
[snip]
The excuse that people will start shooting each other is also plain and silly. So it is our politicians saying that our society is full of incapable adolescents who can never be trusted? Then, please explain how we can trust them or the police, who themselves grew up and came from the same culture?
No it is about power and a total power over the people. There is a lot of desire to bad mouth the Tsar, particularly by the Communists, who claim he was a tyrant, and yet under him we were armed and under the progressives disarmed. Do not be fooled by a belief that progressives, leftists hate guns. Oh, no, they do not. What they hate is guns in the hands of those who are not marching in lock step of their ideology. They hate guns in the hands of those who think for themselves and do not obey without question. They hate guns in those whom they have slated for a barrel to the back of the ear.
So, do not fall for the false promises and do not extinguish the light that is left to allow humanity a measure of self respect.
Stanislav Mishin
Chavez’ legacy.
"Oh wait. My bad. My failed policies have already done that."
Nothing new.
Communist killing their own people and their people have no guns to fight back, gee, nothing new under the sun. Democrats want to take our guns....can’t imagine why.
"Great Idea! I'm Using That!"
“Where’s Sean Penn?”
I’m sure still in mourning over the loss of his comrade, Chavez.
Yeah, it’s almost like they would LOVE to do the same thing..
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
