(El Nacional) - "In an official communiqué, the Vice Presidency of Venezuela said 'under no circumstances will they accept the right to property is made vulnerable'.

Based on the argument that 'the National Government must guarantee juridical security for all citizens with no discrimination whatsoever', it rejected the measures for expropriation dictated by Caracas Mayor over the Country Club and Valle Arriba gulf courses in the capital city (...)

In his communiqué, Vice President José Vicente Rangel expressed not only the rejection from the national government to the measures imposed by Caracas Mayor, but also reminds that the National Housing Plan does not contemplate resources for the expropriation of the mentioned pieces of land.

The statement says 'the National Government does not share the decisions adopted by the Mayor of Caracas on decrees 000303, 000304, 000305, 000307(...), for considering they could affect constitutional and legal norms of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela'.

He added the National Government 'rejects any intention to undermine the Rule of Law, no matter where it comes from: That is why under no circumstances it accepts the right to property to be made vulnerable, like it is clearly stated in the Constitution(...) all this will be in the hands of competent jurisdictional bodies, solicited by the parties, who will state their verdict on these cases'. He also specifies 'the National Government does not consecrate the right to property. It complies with that established on the Constitution'. That is why 'juridical security must exist for all citizens with no discrimination whatsoever and the State must guarantee it'.

He also explained the Constitution says the Venezuelan State is a unity, meaning that all public institutions are co-responsible for the development of public policies: 'The National Government develops policies based on the Nation Development Plan approved by the National Assembly in 2001, which is a plan that has policies for housing and habitat oriented to find territorial balance and population distribution. This policy has an assigned budget that does not contemplate the expropriation of the lands affected by Caracas Mayor's decrees'.

In any case, the communiqué also makes it clear that the government has been stimulating the population decongestion in Caracas, due to the deficit in services and public spaces, as well as the necessary protection of green and recreational areas in the city.

'The contents of the decrees is exclusive responsibility of the Caracas Mayor's Office', finally, Vice President Rangel said (...)".