Family of President's Ex-Wife Declares Support for Reform, Against Her
This Thursday, the family President Chavez's ex-wife, Marisabel Rodríguez, expressed their support for the constitutional reform program proposed by Chávez and the National Assembly (AN) through public debate. “We are with the president of the republic on his constitutional reform proposal just as we are with the bolivarian revolution,” declared José Vicente Rodríguez Uzcátegui, father of the former first lady, during a press conference that included Marisabel’s siblings and uncle.
“We do not share my daughter’s opinion about the constitutional reform,” assured her father, in response to Marisabel’s declarations last Tuesday against the reform and the government of President Chávez, along with the advertisements with her advocating for a NO vote that are being run on Globovisión.
“President Chávez is a very humane man who wishes the best for the people of Venezuela, especially for those most in need,” stated Rodríguez accompanied by his wife Beatriz Jiménez.
José Vicente Rodríguez was also accompanied by his children Beatriz Rodríguez Jiménez and José Vicente González Jiménez and his brother Edecio Rodríguez. “We support the President because he deserves it; we are completely with him,” said Marisabel’s uncle, who invited the public to vote in favor of the reform Sunday, December 2nd.
Her sister, Beatriz Rodríguez, explained, “We respect the decision of anyone, including our sister, but we do not agree with it.”
“The Rodríguez Jiménez and Rodríguez Uzcátegui families fully support the president of the republic and the reform,” her sister said, pointing out that no contemporary Venezuelan government has accomplished the positive achievements that the Chávez government has.
She noted that the Rodríguez Jiménez family, like any other Venezuelan family, gets up in the morning and works for a living. “We support this revolutionary process for all it has done to help the people get ahead.” For these reasons, along with other merits of the revolutionary process, she said that she will vote in favor of the constitutional reform.
Translated by Dawn Gable
