This Wednesday in the Burning Chapel in honor of Tibisay Lucena, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez highlighted the pain felt by the people for her departure, since she recognizes in her a unique woman, an exceptional republican, a Venezuelan patriot and first class soldier of the homeland.
Cabinet members, led by Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, together with other authorities and representatives of the diplomatic corps honors and they accompany relatives and close friends of the former president of the National Electoral Council, CNE, in the Burning Chapel installed in the Yellow House in Caracas.
After participating in the first Honor Guard together with the sector vice-presidents for Citizen Security, Remigio Ceballos; Public Works and Services, Nestor Reverol; Planning, Ricardo Menéndez and Science, Technology, Education and Health, Gabriela Jiménez, the Vice President expressed her heartfelt words of appreciation to Tibisay Lucena and her trajectory.
In this sense, he recalled that he was in charge of directing the electoral power “in the most oppressive hours that our Republic has experienced.”
Tibisay Lucena defeated fascism
Tibisay Lucena “knew how to confront with great dignity foreign powers that came against our country in moments of great anguish. He knew how to defeat fascism and its most terrible expressions of hatred and intolerance with his smile, with his parsimony,” added Delcy Rodríguez.
“Tibisay very firmly led this Republic to a port of peace and calm,” he said. In this regard, she pointed out that she was a deep democrat who gave birth to a new electoral system “that ended and buried the terrible Punto Fijista tradition of the act kills vote.”
He also highlighted that Tibisay Lucena was an exemplary minister until the last days of her life, highlighting her dedication and her constant production of ideas. “She was always devoted to this country, to this town, until the last minute,” she said.
Likewise, the Vice President highlighted the transcendental example that Tibisay Lucena leaves on this day when she changes her landscape.
“I can tell you today, sister of life, sister of this country, that you are going high, that you never fainted, that you are going to be an example for all of us of what loyalty, firmness, commitment and love for this country means. homeland, for Venezuela, for our people,” he said.
“Fly high! Honor and glory to Tibisay! ”, He exclaimed in honor of this distinguished Venezuelan.
All the honors, all the accolades
Similarly, from the Burning Chapel, the former director of the CNE, Sandra Oblitas, expressed a few words in tribute to Lucena. “It is up to us to follow the example of strength, loyalty and commitment. Even knowing about the painful disease, we are always surprised by the deathalways comes to us supervening “, he said.
He highlighted the honor that the applause of the people means when he arrived at the Yellow house the coffin with the mortal remains of Lucena. “Tibisay deserves all the honors, all the recognitions,” she said.
