CNE fire was right wing sabotage

A fire on March 7 destroyed a National Electoral Council (CNE) building where voting machines and other equipment were stored. Thousands of voting machines were damaged, according to CNE rector Tibisay Lucena. There will be an official inquiry into the causes of the fire, said Lucena.

Before that investigation even begins, Vice-president Delcy Rodriguez knows what happened: “It was an act of sabotage by the right”, declared Rodriguez. She claims that “the right” is trying to prevent the parliamentary elections due to be held this year. “They are afraid of elections because we are going to beat them [dar una paliza]. Rain or shine, fire or sabotage, we are going to beat them in 2020,” she said.