Venezuelan officials and politicians asked on Monday to hold a referendum to decide whether or not to change the historical symbols of Caracas, whose new designs, in addition to a different anthem, were recently imposed by the authorities of the capital, of the Chavista sign.
Caracas councilman José Gregorio Caribas said, quoted in a press release, that it is the “Caracas who have to decide whether (the symbols) are changed or not.”
“We call for a great consultation where all Caracas are involved and consulted about the change of the national symbols of the city of Caracas,” he said.
In this regard, he asked the “official councillors” of the Municipal Chamber, as well as the regional government, the executive and the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, to consider “holding a referendum that will allow citizens to decide the fate of these symbols so important to the nation.”
This Monday, Meléndez promulgated the new symbols of Caracas, which are the shield, the flag and the anthem that will reach “every school” and “every corner” of the city, he said in an act broadcast on the state television channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
“We have to fulfill the dream of another giant, Francisco de Miranda from Caracas, who designed our National Pavilion, and together with Lino de Clemente and José de Sata y Bussy, they would be the first commission of the symbols appointed at the Congress of July 5, 1811 and that, in four days, on July 9, our libertarian banner was approved. Four days... This commission was 54″, he said.
Last Sunday, a man with Melendez's face - who shared a figure with images of the Venezuelan dictator, Nicolás Maduro, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the Minister of Energy, Nestor Reverol - was burned in central Caracas on the occasion of the tradition of burning Judas.
In this regard, the coordinator of the North Caracas Defense Front, Carlos Julio Rojas, explained to the EFE agency that they included the official's face in the representation because “she committed a high treason by undermining and trampling on the historical symbols of the capital, which are intrinsic to the hearts of the people of Caracas ”.
(With information from EFE)
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