Managers at Pharmaceutical Chain Arrested for Irregularities, Rightwing Cries Persecution

Managers at Pharmaceutical Chain Arrested for Irregularities, Rightwing Cries Persecution
By Rachael Boothroyd - Venezuelanalysis

Caracas, February 2nd 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) Several managers at the Venezuelan pharmaceutical chain, “Farmatodo,” have been questioned due to what authorities have described as a number of irregularities taking place at the business.

The managers are accused of using techniques such as refusing to distribute products since December 2014 and understaffing tills in order to create queues to buy medicines.

The information was relayed to the Venezuelan public last Sunday by President Nicolas Maduro in an act commemorating the 198th birthday of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ezequiel Zamora.

“I have several conspirators who are the bosses of a chain of stores currently in the SEBIN (Venezuelan Intelligence Service). I have asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to accelerate procedures so that they go to jail for sabotaging the Venezuelan people through this chain of stores,” he explained.

Since Christmas, Venezuela has witnessed the sudden emergence of long lines of citizens queuing up to buy basic food items, medicines or technological goods outside of stores. This has coincided with opposition calls for those caught in the lines to “stay in the streets” to “demand justice” from the government.

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