Over a hundred employees at Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA (Venezuela’s gov’t-owned oil company), plus others in the oil ministry and parts of the public sector, have been forced to resign over their political views since last month’s disputed election, workers and unions said.

The government says President Nicolas Maduro won a third term in the July 28 contest, but the opposition says partial vote tallies indicate its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won a resounding victory.

Top PDVSA executives have instructed administrative and operational workers to attend rallies backing Maduro and supervised their social media accounts, according to four company sources and a union leader.

Employees who have not supported Maduro or have disputed the official voting results are being pushed out, they said.

“They call you to human resources, sit you down, and give you a resignation letter you must sign,” a source familiar with the situation said.

  • @NOT_RICK
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    822 days ago

    Someone want to attempt to jump through the hoops to somehow make this the US government’s fault?

    • @[email protected]
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      22 days ago

      Give it a minute, I’m sure jimmydore and the other usual suspects will be here soon once they got off lunch break