(Prensa Latina)- "The Venezuelan Ministry of Light Industry and Trade denied any shortage of necessary national industrial supplies, for those with the necessary authorization to acquire the required resources.

Minister María Cristina Iglesias told press that since December some 5,600 certificates have been requested to endorse the imports, and 5,400 of them were granted within 10 days.

Declaring 'No vehicle assembly factory will be paralyzed in Venezuela,' Iglesias urged the media and industries not to echo 'wrong information aimed at destabilizing the good development of the country.'

Since only 200 requests are outstanding, she pointed out, such pronouncements on shortage of inputs respond to interests seeking social destabilization and to eliminate control procedures to the detriment of national industry.

The government is obliged to protect the development and diversification of the country s enterprises, said the official, hence it is important to have norms regulating the 1,600 odd tax codes".