People’s Organization for Progress says No to war in Venezuela

By People’s Organization for Progress

The People’s Organization For Progress announced today its opposition to attempts by the Trump administration to provoke a war with Venezuela.

“It is clear to us from both his actions and his rhetoric that President Trump is trying to start a war with Venezuela,” Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization for Progress stated.

“The People’s Organization For Progress is absolutely opposed to war with Venezuela and calls upon the president to cease and desist all activities that would lead us into war with that country,” Hamm said.

“Furthermore, we call upon the members of Congress, who according to the constitution have the sole power to declare war, to take whatever steps are necessary, including passing legislation, to prevent the President from taking us to war with Venezuela,” he said.

“It is our hope that members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation will play a leading role in this effort to stop the president’s drive toward war,” he said.

“No justifiable reason has been given thus far to merit the United States going to war with that country. The government of Venezuela has not attacked nor declared war on the United States,” he said.

“In fact, it is the U.S. that is bullying Venezuela. It is our country that has placed extensive sanctions on Venezuela’s oil, financial, and government sectors that are hurting the economy and people there,” he said.

The People’s Organization for Progress (POP)
PO Box 22505
Newark, NJ 07101
973 801-0001
www.njpop.org
Contact: Lawrence Hamm