Watching yesterday our infamous presidente, el Comandante Hugo Rafael, made a piece on his weekly television address (alo presidente) concerning a recent trip made by Venezuelan opposition leaders to the island of Puerto Rico. Following a journalistic interview made by Avila TV (another State own media television outlet, along with VTV, Antv, Vive, Vale tv) to J Borges, O Barboza, J Planas and Globovision manager Alberto Ravell.
The interview is made from what we can see as Inmigration control (some sort of a queue to present passports) where the Avila TV reporter approached the traveling politians, asking them how was their trip to Puerto Rico apparently paid by the US State Department. What really got my attention was that the reported cited inteligence sources from the Soviet Union. The knick of the matter is if it where true about the trip, how can a reporter approach civilians and inquire them in an overly sarcastic and ironic tone about their trip and air it on national television? Either way his intention is to infringe their privacy right and expose them on national television.
What is more, how can an elected official in Venezuela use public resources to, at a minimum level, infringe privacy rights provided under the Venezuelan Constitution under article 60. What happens if the official is the President, who pretends to mock these Venezuelan citizens by labeling them as pitiyankees, or should I say petit yankees...
This is just another evidence of the lack of rule of law in my country. Endorsed specially from the Venezuelan Presidency. It seems that the lack of rule of law is politics as usual here...
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