Comments on: Intolerant Government fires retiring tenured researcher

By: linders furniture

linders furniture — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:42:33 +0000

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By: Mindy Lewin

Mindy Lewin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:55:55 +0000

Enlightening this is how some see it. This is a insightfull posting.

By: Science (the journal) writes about Venezuelan science and the fascist science comissars are upset « The Devil’s Excrement

Sun, 31 May 2009 04:26:19 +0000

[...] science as Minister and admonishing him “put the screws” on the scientists as well as the firing of Jaime Requena when he requested his retirement from IDEA, a scientfic research [...]

By: moctavio

moctavio — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:48:22 +0000

And here is a letter certifyng that only Universidad Metropolitana receives any benefits from the software he sells and not its authors or developers:

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2567098_p40tx/ConstanciaBiblios.doc

By: moctavio

moctavio — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:08:56 +0000

should read 2007 above

By: moctavio

moctavio — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:08:23 +0000

The revolutionary Comissar at IDEA Prudencio Chacon tried above to discredit this blog using the typical lies of the revolution. He will be dealt completely, but just to begin here are the links that prove that Dr. Requena resigned to Universidad Metropolitana before rejoining IDEA.

Document #1:

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2564123_vtm2g/RenunciaFundamet2007enero.pdf

Letter by Jaime Requena resigning from his job at the Foundation of Universidad Metropolitana

Document #2:

Document indicating that on Jan 17th. 2009, Universidad Metropolitana paid Jaime Requena his severance (liquidacion in Spanish) for leaving the job, as required by law:

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2564124_vuaht/LiquidacionFundamet2007enero.pdf

This proves Dr. Chacon is lying when he says Requena held both positions at once. I will post this week a letter from Universidad Metropolitana stating that the software was the property of Universidad Metropolitana and not its consultants and developers. Thus, Requena had no conflict of interest.

This proves once again how the revolution lies to achieve its objectives. Dr. Requena was fired for political reasons and Dr. Chacon’s post above proves how politically slanted he is.

By: Miguel Octavio

Miguel Octavio — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:07:36 +0000

Hay que ser boludo de verdad. Ud. adapto la ley para actuar como actuo. The firing is illegal, you can not do what you did alone. You act as a comissar, one day you will PAY.
Miguel Octavio • 5/24/09; 8:09:57 AM #

By: Jaime Requena

Jaime Requena — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:06:44 +0000

Miguel, do you think that perhaps one of your friends, reader of your blog, could try to help commissar Chacon by suggesting where he could take a quick course on English. His communiqué posted appears to be written either by Tarzan or Chita, difficult to say who did it
Jaime Requena • 5/24/09; 9:13:05 AM #

By: Miguel Octavio

Miguel Octavio — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:06:07 +0000

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2564123_vtm2g/RenunciaFundamet2007enero.pdf

Letter by Jaime Requena resigning from his job at the Foundation of Universidad Metropolitana

Document #2:

Document indicating that on Jan 17th. 2009, Universidad Metropolitana paid Jaime Requena his severance (liquidacion in Spanish) for leaving the job, as required by law:

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2564124_vuaht/LiquidacionFundamet2007enero.pdf

This proves once again how the revolution lies to achieve its objectives. Dr. Requena was fired for political reasons and Dr. Chacon’s post above proves how politically slanted he is.

Miguel Octavio • 5/24/09; 3:22:50 PM #

By: Jaime Requena

Jaime Requena — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:04:12 +0000

Regarding the statement released by the” Commissar” of IDEA justifying my dismissal from the institute were I worked for the past 27 years and had the honor to be its President, I would like to reproduce herein the official declaration of the human rights commission of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (AsoVAC) recently released on may 12th, 2009 and posted in http://asovac.net/bitacora/?p=3373, where it clearly states that the charges or accusations such as 1) that I worked (for a salary) in two places simultaneously was simply not true having presented factual evidence that upon joining IDEA I resigned to FundaMET the same day; 2)the president of IDEA does not have the legal authority to dismiss a full Professor of IDEA, a prerogative of the Directive Council of IDEA (article 34 of IDEA bylaws) 3)That my petition for an Emeritus Professorship was not answered even though it was done weeks before being expelled from IDEA and 4) IDEA did not follow any legal procedures that guarantee me the possibility to defend myself on time from an administrative act that had dramatic consequences. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF THE VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (ASOVAC) where it SETS ITS VIEW ON THE ARBITRARY ACTION AGAINST DR. JAIME REQUENA Once more Venezuela faces the issue of censorship of the freedom of expression of a member of its scientific community. On this occasion the aggression has been against Dr. Jaime Requena, a Biologist graduated from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Ph.D and Doctor of Science by Cambridge University, who has had dissenting criteria regarding the government’s scientific policy. On January 2008 Dr. Requena sent a communication to Nature, the prestigious international scientific journal, stating that his research showed that Venezuela´s scientific production was at the lowest point of the past 25 years, in part due to the exclusion of the social sciences from government financing. The conclusions of his research upset the authorities of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IDEA), a government agency where Dr. Requena worked as tenured Professor. On April 2nd, 2009, Dr. Requena requested from IDEA´S Council of Directors his promotion to the status of Professor Emeritus, according to the by-laws of the institution, as was his due after serving his country in several academic capacities for more the 41 years. His request was not answered, instead 12 days later, Dr. Requena received an official communication signed by IDEA’s President dismissing him from his academic post, alleging that he had incurred in lack of probity and immoral behaviour at work, omissions or imprudence and serious fault against the duties imposed by his obligations. It should be mentioned that Dr. Requena was never informed about the specific facts justifying his dismissal nor was he given the opportunity to make use of his right of rebuttal. Subsequently, at IDEA’S web page (www.idea.gob.ve) a communiqué was published in which its President stated the “official position” on this case. It is therein expressed that Dr. Requena did not fulfill his obligations as a full time Professor at the institution, since he was at the same time holding a management office at Fundación Universidad Metropolitana (FUNDAMENT), a private institution. On this regard it is ascertained that in 1997 Dr. Requena had been removed from his post as researcher in IDEA, by an illegal action on the part of Idea’s authorities and that during most of the period when he was unable to work at this Institution he took a position in the private sector as an employee of FUNDAMET. Dr. Requena took legal action against the authorities of IDEA and after a trial that lasted 12 years, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela, decided in his favor and ordered his reinstatement as a Full Professor at IDEA. Thus Dr. Requena immediately resigned his position at FUNDAMET on January 3rd, 2007, as it is evident from information provided to us. The President of IDEA dismissed Dr. Requena, without the approval of the Council of Directors, the sole competent body called to decide on his dismissal. The President of IDEA justifies his action, at the Institute’s web page, as follows; “since IDEA is an official institution, the rights of the institution’s workers fall under Venezuela´s Organic Labor Laws, and since there is in the law, no provision for tenured employees, it is not necessary to open previously any administrative procedures for the dismissal of any employee, tenured or not.”. Although Dr. Requena has his barristers to press his rights before the law, this Human Rights Commission is bound to state its alarm when observing the use of artifices, e.g. the use of private law legal procedures, to injure the rights of members of the Scientific Community. In effect, the discretionary dismissal without any procedure, allowed under Venezuelan labor legislation, is being applied in his case to the labor relationship of a scientist at the service of the State, thus failing to recognize not only the due process guarantee, but also the right to the social security benefits due to public servants. These facts appear to be a menace against to those who dare dissent the government policy. Thus the right to freedom of expression of all government scientists is forfeited even though the Article 57th of the National Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela, guarantees Freedom of Expression. The article reads as follows: “Censorship against public servants expressing opinion on matters under their responsibility is prohibited”. The Human Rights Commission of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science raises a strong protest against the use of such criteria that places our country in a position far removed from the Rule of Law. A position by which, the preservation of the human capital developed during long years in the practice of scientific disciplines until levels of excellence are reached, looses importance. The Human Rights Commission of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science expresses its full solidarity to Dr, Jaime Requena and denounces before national and international organizations of the scientific community and before public opinion, an action that injures human dignity and hinders Venezuela´s scientific development. Caracas 12 de mayo de 2009 Sign: Luis Carbonell –President, Manuel Rachadell, Maria Cristina di Prisco, Marisol Aguilera y Carlos Luis Carrillo Artiles
Jaime Requena • 5/24/09; 2:58:57 PM #