The Parliament of Venezuela this Friday ratified the Chavista deputy in the presidency for a fourth term Jorge Rodriguezone of the president’s trusted men Nicolas Maduro and head of the government delegation at the dialogue table with the opposition that mediates Norway.
Rodríguez was ratified by “obvious majority” next to Pedro Infante in the first vice presidency, and America Perez in the second, all members of the ruling coalition Homeland Block.
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“This will be a year, the year 2024, of strengthening our parliamentary function, especially in the defense of the peace of the Republic.“Rodríguez told the press after being sworn in at the session.
The unicameral Parliament has debated critical issues since its installation in 2021, one of them the law related to corruption and the appointment of magistrates for the supreme court and a new directive of the National Electoral Council (CNE), which will organize this year’s presidential elections.
He was also the main promoter of a referendum to ratify the sovereignty of Venezuela in the region of Essequiboa territory claimed for more than a century Guyana which was revived by oil discoveries in the area.
He left pending the discussion of the law for the inclusion of the territory in claim as a state of the country.
The parliamentarian reiterated his condemnation against the retention of Venezuelan assets abroad and warned that any action that affects the country’s resources “viola” the agreements signed with the opposition in Barbadoslast October, which include the holding of elections in the second half of the year with international observation.
He made reference, for example, to the cargo plane held in Argentina which was seized by USA this week.
“Any spurious action, theft or misappropriation of the EMTRASUR plane violates the agreements we have reached with other foreign governments“said Rodríguez, who was previously vice president and Minister of Communication.
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The old one National Assembly elected in 2015, who defends her continuity by alleging fraud in the 2020 legislative elections, also approved her continuity for another year on Friday in an opaque session broadcast on YouTube.
Dinorah Figuerathat lives in Spainwas ratified as president of that body that, according to her, is necessary to “preservation of assets” blocked, over which they have some control.
That old Parliament dissolved the so-called interim government of Juan Guaidówho ended up exiled in the United States.
