Opposition candidate Capriles: Chávez rewards corruption

In a rally in Carora, Lara state (northwest Venezuela), opposition presidential candidate for the Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) Henrique Capriles Radonski asserted that the Venezuelan government rewards corruption.  "Here, the corrupted are rewarded.  If this government and its candidate faced corruption, they would run out of ministers," he remarked.

The presidential hopeful read out the main objectives of President Hugo Chávez's platform, which include the salvation of the planet and the balance of the Universe, and then he asked the crowd, "Where is the solution to the electric power, water, and public services' problems?  Where is the blueprint for healthcare, education, and employment?  This Government will not offer solutions to our problems.  They do not propose it because their time is up," Capriles stated.

He added that if he comes into office on January 10, 2013, there would be changes from the outset.  "In each of these towns, there will be public services, water supply and electricity for all (...) There will not be more expropriations in our Venezuela, no more seizures," he remarked.  Capriles also promised the creation of a fund for employment generation, which will include the elderly.

Capriles Radonski has visited 240 towns from the beginning of his electoral campaign on July 1.