The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroreiterated this Monday that the decision of the Supreme justice court (TSJ) to ratify the political disqualification against the opposition leader Maria Corina Machadowhich prevents him from competing in this year’s presidential elections, is “definitely firm”.
On your weekly showWith Maduro +‘, the head of state indicated that the review of the political sanction against Machado complies with the mechanism signed in October during the negotiations between the Government and the opposition in Barbados and that, on the other hand, it is anti-Chavismo who is “partially failing to comply“the pact when manifesting”against him TSJ” and his verdict.
“Despite the threats and blackmail of the American empire, the institutions of Venezuela have worked and I say: Barbados agreement, Supreme justice courtthis is res judicata and definitively firm decision“said the president.
He stressed that this year there will be elections, in response to the statements offered earlier by the former liberal deputy, who reaffirmed that she will compete in the presidential elections and that they could not hold them without her.
“It is not the oligarchy, it is not the surnames that will determine the democratic future of Venezuela. I can assure the people of Venezuela (that) no one, no last name, no conspiracy (…) will take away your right to go to presidential elections in 2024″, he asserted.
This Monday, Maria Corina Machado thanked the “overwhelming” international response in rejection of the ratification of his political disqualification from competing in elections until 2036.
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Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguayas well as Nicaraguan opponents in exile, around thirty former Ibero-American presidents who are members of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have rejected the Supreme Court’s decision and supported Machado.
The White House He also spoke about the measure and warned the Maduro Government that it has until April to comply with the agreements reached with the opposition before USA make decisions about sanctions.
In April the temporary lifting of several United States sanctions on the Petroleum and the gas Venezuelan, a measure that the US adopted after the Government and the Venezuelan opposition reached agreements in Barbados on the 2024 presidential elections.
