The Comptroller General of Venezuela disqualified four opponents, including a mayor, from holding “any public office” for 15 years, as well as another anti-Chavista for a period of 12 months, as can be seen this Wednesday on the institution’s website.
Those sanctioned until 2039 are the mayor of the municipality El Hatillo, Elias Sayeghthe former deputy Thomas Guanipa and the former mayors Jose Fernandez y Carlos Ocarizwhile the former parliamentarian Juan Caldera He is disqualified “for 12 months.”
Of the five, Guanipa, Ocariz and Caldera belong to the party Justice First (PJ)intervened on Monday by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ)who handed over command to the presidential candidate Jose Britoexpelled from the formation in 2020 due to allegations of alleged corruption.
The president of PJ, Maria Beatriz Martineztold EFE this Wednesday that these new disqualifications – which are announced when the country prepares to hold the presidential elections on July 28 – mean “a new arbitrariness” on the part of the “regime”, in reference to the president’s government. Nicolas Madurowho is seeking his second re-election.
«The regime acts that way, it knows that it has an expiration date, which is July 28. Our goal is to fight for a Venezuela where these injustices do not occur and there is a true rule of law.said the leader.
From PJ, the two-time presidential candidate is also disqualified Henry Caprileswho cannot hold public office until 2032, a sanction that was ratified in January by the Supreme Court.
Primero Justicia is part of the main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)who chose the former ambassador Edmund Gonzalez Urrutia as its presidential candidate, replacing Maria Corina Machado -winner of last October’s primaries-, who is disqualified from holding elected office.
The Comptroller’s Office page does not specify the reasons why they were disqualified. (I)
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