The government of USA is reviewing its sanctions policy Venezuelaafter the “deeply worrying” decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of that country to ratify the disqualification of the opposition presidential candidate, Maria Corina Machado.
Friday’s decision TSJ “is inconsistent with the commitment of the representatives of Nicolas Maduro to hold competitive Venezuelan presidential elections in 2024″he pointed out this Saturday Matthew Millerspokesperson for the US State Department.
“The reinstallation process lacked basic elements, since Machado He did not receive a copy of the allegations against him nor did he have the opportunity to respond to them.“he added Millerit’s a statement.
The spokesperson pointed out that the disqualification of Machado goes against the commitments assumed by the representatives of the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroin Barbados, where the roadmap for this year’s presidential elections in the Latin American country was set, and which contemplates that all political parties elect the candidate of their choice.
“At the moment, USA is reviewing our sanctions policy Venezuelabased on this fact and the recent political attacks against opposition candidates democratic and civil societyadded the spokesperson.
He TSJ of Venezuela ratified on Friday the 15-year disqualification of the presidential candidate of the main opposition coalition, Maria Corina Machadowhich prevents him from competing in the elections scheduled for the second half of this year.
Through a ruling from the Political-Administrative Chamber, the Supreme declared inadmissible the request for precautionary protection introduced by the former liberal deputy, who hoped that this sanction would be lifted through this case review mechanism agreed upon between the Government and the opposition Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).
The writing details that Machado She is disqualified for having “participated in the corruption plot orchestrated” by the former head of Parliament Juan Guaidóas well as for failing to comply with Venezuelan regulations, by accepting “accreditation as an alternate representative” of Panama before the Organization of American States (OAS), in a debate held in 2014.
The former deputy swept the opposition primaries on October 22, when she received 92.35% of the votes.
After the decision of TSJthe Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidóbased in Miamicalled on not to fall into the temptations of “plan B, C or D”, and to maintain unity and support for the unitary candidate.
“The plan is to register the unitary candidacy for an election that they owe us since 2018.”he pointed out during an interview he gave to the CNN en Español channel, in which he also asked that USA enforce the agreement Barbados.
