The leader of the PPT Andrea Tabare confirmed today (11th February 2008) that the demonstration outside the British Embassy concerning the EXXON - PDVSA dispute will take place this Wednesday at 11, and went on to accuse those who do not attend of being "traitors to their homeland".

The PPT gave its "completed and unlimited support" to the PDVSA and to the actions which "businesses as much as the State are carrying out against the aggression and this shady deal which British and American courts have tried to impose against our sovereignty and natural resources" stated Tabare.

Tabare indicated that the protest will be a sit-in demonstration and that they will hand over a document detailing their rejection of the courts' demands and "showing the disapproval of Venezuelans."

The Venezuelan public are urged to take to the streets this Wednesday in defence of "their country and their sovereignty", and those who refuse will be considered as "traitors to their homeland."

The party also suggested the creation of a special commission incorporating every profession (workers, unions, students, amongst others); in order to monitor and support any activities undertaken (by the government and PDVSA).

On the other side, the National Assembly ordered the publishing of a list containing all the politicians and senators who "approved the liberalisation of the petrol industry so that legal action may be taken; since they are also implicated in treason. They accepted a process of international arbitration, they accepted that these agreements would be settled in foreign courts and in foreign languages, and we are now suffering the consequences of their unpatriotic actions."