generals Efrain Vasquez and Pedro Pereira and admirals Hector Ramirez and Daniel Comisso -- did not rebel but stepped in to fill a "power vacuum" after Chavez's top military commender announced he had resigned. Rodriguez said Chavez never resigned and called his ouster a "coup, a military rebellion". The president was reinstated by loyal troops and supporters. No anti-Chavez officers were jailed for the coup but several hundred were either sacked or retired in a purge. "I don't want to dig up the past but we can't forget it," Chavez said in a speech on Thursday. The bid to reverse the 2002 coup ruling came amid opposition accusations that the government was using last month's murder of prosecutor Danilo Anderson to crack down against its political enemies. Two suspects in the murder inquiry were shot dead in gunfights with police who have detained three former police and security officers in connection with the bombing. --SP 2225 Local Time 1925 GMT
