The National Journalist Association (CNP) denounced again in a written statement that "the government is waging a political offensive through the coercive bodies of the state to frighten both the opposition and people who are not aligned with its interests and goals." 
 
The CNP claims that such strategy, which features all the elements of  "low-intensity state terrorism," has unfolded in a number of examples, including legal attacks against private TV news network Globovisión; criminalization of political association as evidenced by the legal process that could be initiated against opposition group 2D Movement; accusations against opposition leader Manuel Rosales; capricious and violent attacks against opposition activists and supporters of some candidates who won governor's offices and mayoralties in recent elections; and the offensive and rude words voiced by the Venezuelan president against his opponents.

The Venezuelan Journalist Association highlighted "the unspeakable attack the ineffable (pro-government) group known as La Piedrita conducted against journalist and university professor Marta Colomina. Such assault was followed by grotesque permissiveness and impunity. Rather than enforcing the law and punishing aggressors, the Minister of Interior and Justice only released a general statement rejecting the incident, as if the country was ruled by other people."

The CNP urged the Venezuelan government to act properly and stop hostilities and insults that jeopardize the coexistence of all Venezuelans.

Translated by Gerardo Cárdenas