Parlamentet, der ved andre lejligheder har udtalt sig om Venezuela, ønsker nu i tråd med rådsformandskabets erklæring og i lyset af begivenhederne at minde om, at forfatningsmæssige rettigheder kan trædes under fode ved krænkelse af væsentlige procedurekrav, og efter vores mening er der i dette tilfælde tale om en sådan krænkelse, idet man under påberåbelse af visse "sammenfald" i håndskriften har annulleret hundredtusindvis af underskrifter.
At the moment, in line with the statement of the Presidency-in-Office of the Council and in view of events, Parliament, which has expressed its opinion on Venezuela on other occasions, wishes to point out that constitutional rights can be infringed by violation of essential procedural requirements and we believe that in this case there is a violation of essential procedural requirements, since by alleging that there were certain ‘coincidences’ in handwriting, hundreds of thousands of signatures have been annulled. Other procedures could have been used.