The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, revealed that since last June the main advisor for Latin America of the Carter Center, Jennie Lincoln, had requested meetings, which were not attended because she assured that “the intentions were already known.” of the Carter Center, which put itself at the mercy of right-wing extremism.”
Rodríguez explained that the only time he answered Lincold’s message was on July 30, where he responded: “The Carter Center’s statement is disgusting, you can see the commitment they have with the Venezuelan extremist right and destabilization, that is why they have never “I received them, that’s why I will never receive them. I knew why they were coming so that they never set foot in our country again. That was the only thing I answered on July 30 and I resubscribe my response,” he stated.
In her opinion, Agent Lincold “smears the good name of President Carter, spitting lies and attacking Venezuela. We will not echo her garbage, we respect the legacy of Jimmy Carter, which she dirty,” he stated during a press conference held within the framework of the beginning of the dialogue with political parties to review electoral laws.
He recalled that yesterday President Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old, who surrounded by his loved ones is receiving the necessary care for his health condition and highlighted that the Bolivarian government expressed to his family its conviction to celebrate the centenary “of a worthy and good man.” ”, he stressed.
“That lady, muddying Jimmy Carter’s good name, put herself completely at the mercy of extremism. She is an employee of USAID and that is fully demonstrated, you pay her salary,” he insisted.
Likewise, Rodríguez showed from his cell phone a long list of messages sent by Lincold, in which he requested meetings.
“I received a series of messages in which this woman was pulling ropes for me to receive her. Saturday, June 29, Monday, July 8, convincing me to meet with her, and I did not receive it because we already knew what they were coming for, to send them the errand -referring to the extreme right- and the same chimbas, nonsense minutes that already We destroyed, we already destroyed them, the minutes of María Machado, now the USAID employee, Lincold, is showing them. No, mija, I don’t meet with coup plotters, I don’t meet with people who come with a plan,” he said. president of parliament Venezuelan, who proceeded to name the rest of the messages that he left “in view” sent by the representative of the Carter Center.
