The Executive Committee of the Federation of University Centers of the Central University of Venezuela (FCU-UCV), with the aim of safeguarding the integrity of the procedure, suspended Gabriel Requena and Simón Bolívar Obregón from their respective positions.
The Federation of University Centers of the Central University of Venezuela (FCU-UCV) reported that it will initiate a procedure to determine disciplinary responsibilities to “investigate and reconstruct the events” that occurred at dawn on June 30 when the student Simón Bolívar Obregón, deputy secretary of Culture, was attacked and then had to undergo surgery after presenting a complaint. lower jaw fracture.
Bolívar Obregón accuses Gabriel Requena, deputy record and correspondence secretary and member of the Federation of University Centers, of being responsible for the attack, in the company of other students, allegedly incited by Requena. Bolívar also says that there were other assaults.
For his part, Requena denies being responsible for the attack against Simón Bolívar Obregón and condemns the violent acts that occurred that day.
I denounce the attack on Simón Bolívar and Cristians Carrasquel students from FaCES on June 30 at 1am at the FCU, Gabriel Requena, from the School of Anthropology, was involved, who went to look for them on a motorcycle for such purposes, in the #UCV must deprive respect and democracy pic.twitter.com/BfNrfz6yP9
— Jennifer García #ActivadosPorLaU (@jenniferegm) July 2, 2023
The FCU-UCV formed an Investigative Commission for the “substantiation of the procedure, compilation of evidence, testimonies and other relevant information regarding the case, with the aim of generating a report that clarifies the event and allows the board of directors to make decisions.”
The Commission is chaired by Dilan Estrada, FCU Sports Secretary, and made up of José Romero, Deputy Secretary General; Víctor García, Secretary of International Affairs; Patricia Briceño and Andrés Calpavire, Principal University Advisors.
Regarding the decisions, the Statutes of the Federation of University Centers establish that, if a member of the Executive Committee is accused of violating the statutes, lacking discipline or incurring in actions contrary to student morality, at the initiative of the Executive Committee, it will be exposed the case before the Board of Directors who will determine whether or not any of the disciplinary measures established in the Statute: reprimand, severe reprimand, suspension for up to one year or expulsion.
The Executive Committee, with the objective of safeguarding the integrity of the procedure, suspended Gabriel Requena and Simón Bolívar Obregón from their respective posts.
The Federation of University Centers assumes the commitment and responsibility to face violence, in any of its forms, and we invoke our internal disciplinary mechanisms, stipulated in the FCU Statutes, to guarantee respect for our values and principles as highest body of university student representation of the UCV.
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