The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has extended solidarity to the Govern-ment and people of Venezuela over what it said appeared to be a “well orchestrated attempt by the opposition parties with backing from local and overseas reactionary groups to destabilize the democratically elected Maduro administration from office.” In a statement on Saturday, the PPP said it has been closely following developments in the neighbouring state and wished to “condemn in the strongest possible terms the loss of innocent lives by provocateurs whose only objective is (to) reverse the clock of history and restore the old order based on privileges for the wealthy class at the expense of the poor and the downtrodden.”
The PPP applauded the “enormous economic and social gains made by the Venezuelan government under the charismatic
leadership of the late Hugo Chavez and now President (Nicolas) Maduro on behalf of the Venezuelan people in particular the ordinary working people.”
It said that the political opposition had hoped that with the passing of Chavez the Bolivarian revolution would have lost momentum.
“However, much their chagrin and disappointment the aspirations and dreams of Simon Bolivar for a free, democratic and just order in Latin America is continuing unabated”, Freedom House said.
The party called on the Venezuelan opposition to respect the will and the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people and to desist from all attempts to incite violence and unrest in the society.
Pro Maduro forces have also been accused of unleashing deadly force in the present Venezuelan unrest.
“The PPP empathizes with the Venezuelan Government in its attempt to raise the quality of life of the Venezuelan people in the face of a hostile political opposition, a situation all too familiar with what is taking place in Guyana where the combined political opposition is using its one seat majority to blackmail the country and thwart the developmental agenda of the PPP/C government”, the statement said. The PPP said it is confident that the will of the Venezuelan people will prevail over the forces of backwardness and reaction.
The party’s statement was in line with one issued a day earlier by the Guyana Government expressing solidarity with the Maduro government.
