Collector of signatures for Varela Project threatened

FROM CUBA
Collector of signatures for Varela Project threatened

HAVANA, February 16 (Ernesto Roque Cintero, UPECI / www.cubanet.org) -
Members of the political police have told dissident Humberto Vigoe
Chirino of San Cristóbal in Pinar del Río province that he could be put
on trial if he did not stop collecting signatures for the Varela project.

Vigoe Chirino, 36 and the married father of two children, said that he
was been stopped many times by the political police and given citations
to appear at the police station.

"On February 6 I was cited by the sector police chief, Oscar Aspectrio
Bocoul, who tried to get me to sign a document that said I was a
potential delinquent," he said.

He said the main object of the police is to stop him from working on
behalf of the Varela Project.

The project collects signatures on a petition calling for a referendum
on democratic reforms.

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