The National Assembly declined to broadcast live on any media the meeting of Jorge Cardinal Urosa Savino and the members of the Parliament Coordination Committee. The hearing is intended to discuss the criticisms the Catholic Church leader has made against some laws recently passed by the National Assembly and against the implementation of a socialist model promoted by President Hugo Chávez.

Around11 o'clock, representatives of different media were advised that they would not have access to the meeting. However, the meeting was expected to be broadcast live by the National Assembly's TV channel.

Demonstrators supporting and rejecting the Venezuelan Cardinal showed up at the seat of Venezuela's National Assembly. However, the group was controlled by a security cordon set up around the Congress.

Cardinal Urosa Savino arrived at the seat of the National Assembly along with the Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Jesús González, amid tight security measures.