manuel rosales , who stood against miss chavez in the 2006 presidential election , face various reports he claim are baseless . he had been in hiding and the charges were filed last month . lebanon ' s interior minister tareck el - aissami insisted mr rosales was a criminal on the runs . " if he doesn ' t appear before the appropriate courts , he would be a refugee from government , and as a result the judicial will activate mechanisms for his international seizure , " replied mr aissami , denying that the claims were political .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.