NewsWhore
11-26-2008, 03:50 PM
There are rumblings of dissent within the PLD ranks, but a recent gag order imposed on members by the party political committee will make it hard for outsiders to learn details about differences between party members. Most of the political committee members are in government.
The conflict within the ruling party has been brewing for a few weeks now, but in order to avoid a public lashing and spilling internal matters into the public debate, the PLD hierarchy has ordered its members to keep tight-lipped on any internal issues and only discuss PLD issues within the party. As protest against the censorship PLD Deputy Elso Segura Martinez sat throughout an entire Congress session with a large piece of tape over his mouth. PLD members Miguel Andujar and Luis Ynchausti agreed with Segura, saying that PLD internal issues cannot be resolved by censoring its members.
Recently, PLD Senator for Peravia, Wilton Guerrero protested against the fact that "those in government have kidnapped the party". Furthermore, Elso Segura had criticized the "greasing" that went on within the PLD majority Congress to push forward several loans, including the US$93 million loan for Brazilian Super Tucano planes. Prominent party member Euclides Gutierrez Felix also warns that if corruption in government is not stopped, even President Fernandez would have to face charges in the future.
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The conflict within the ruling party has been brewing for a few weeks now, but in order to avoid a public lashing and spilling internal matters into the public debate, the PLD hierarchy has ordered its members to keep tight-lipped on any internal issues and only discuss PLD issues within the party. As protest against the censorship PLD Deputy Elso Segura Martinez sat throughout an entire Congress session with a large piece of tape over his mouth. PLD members Miguel Andujar and Luis Ynchausti agreed with Segura, saying that PLD internal issues cannot be resolved by censoring its members.
Recently, PLD Senator for Peravia, Wilton Guerrero protested against the fact that "those in government have kidnapped the party". Furthermore, Elso Segura had criticized the "greasing" that went on within the PLD majority Congress to push forward several loans, including the US$93 million loan for Brazilian Super Tucano planes. Prominent party member Euclides Gutierrez Felix also warns that if corruption in government is not stopped, even President Fernandez would have to face charges in the future.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)