Requesens, as well as the other members of her party including leader and candidate David Sosa, then made broad accusations that the opposing student group was involved in the "sabotage" and contained "representatives of the dictatorship", adding that to elect them would be to choose "death, prisoners, and corruption". One member of this opposition—former political prisoner Sairam Rivas—spoke in response, saying it was ridiculous to claim they were involved with the government and that it hurt that these words were coming from people they have protested and fought against the government with. However, an ex-president of UCV, Hasler Iglesias, said that the Electoral Commission was clearly giving a political advantage to one group.
