National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez at a meeting for the Delegated Commission on Monday, December 23. Photo: Wilmer Errades/Últimas Noticias.
On Monday, December 23rd, the Venezuelan National Assembly approved requesting the Attorney General to apply the Liberator Simón Bolívar Law Against the Imperialist Blockade to the former deputies of the 2015 National Assembly.
The decision was approved by the Delegated Commission, led by National Assembly President Deputy Jorge Rodríguez, who presented a letter sent by opposition leaders to the United States chargé d’affaires in Colombia and head of the United States mission for Venezuela, Francisco Palmieri, requesting resources for his “functions.”
Rodríguez explained that through this letter, the far-right militants were requesting more resources before the change of government in the United States.
“These shameless people are looking for a way for their owner, Palmieri, to approve the money that does not belong to them, but rather, belongs to the people of Venezuela,” he stressed.
Rodríguez pointed out that these deputies receive $5,000 a month from a fund called “Guardians of Democracy” with the resources and assets that have been seized and stolen from Venezuela abroad, including CITGO dividends that belong to Venezuelans.
“This letter is the conclusive demonstration that what is established in terms of political disqualification and criminal offenses classified in the Simón Bolívar Law and the Forfeiture of Ownership must be applied immediately to Dinora Figuera, Marianela Fernández, and Auristela Vásquez,” said Rodríguez, emphasizing that this is a flagrant crime.
Dinorah Figuera, Marianela Fernández and Auristela Vásquez call themselves president and vice presidents of the now-defunct 2015 National Assembly.
In this regard, Rodríguez criticized their participation in a secret meeting and that they call themselves members of a non-existent national assembly of which “there is no record of election, meeting, voting, or of the real existence of these lifelong deputies who assume a position that does not correspond to them.”
In this regard, he stressed that the penalties outlined in the aforementioned law, including political disqualification, forfeiture of ownership, and criminal prosecution, should be applied to these individuals.
The Delegated Commission is active during the National Assembly recess. According to Article 196 of the Constitution, it can convene extraordinary sessions.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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