Caracas Daily Journal (Jeremy Morgan): It was only a question of time before the troublesome National Assembly (AN) Deputy, Luis Tascón, had his say, and he didn't mince his words as observers mulled the results of the internal elections at the President Hugo Chávez' still unborn United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

At first, Tascón was a little disingenuous. He expressed surprise at the results of the election, in which all the winners came from the top ranks. That's just what most everybody had suspected all along would happen.

Then Tascón came clean and spoke out, latching on to the original stated intention that power within the PSUV would be structured from the bottom upwards.

• "Chávez said it was going to be the most democratic party in the world," he declared. "But that's false."

However, Tascón noted that Miranda State Governor Diosdado Cabello, whom he labelled "the most powerful man in the country after Chávez," had not been elected to the committee.
Then he said it was time to shut up because the people had spoken.