The Supreme Court (TSJ) of Venezuela confirmed this on Friday regarding the presidential candidate of the main opposition coalitionMaria Corina Machado, carries a 15-year disqualification that prevents him from participating in the elections planned for the second half of this year.
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By means of a ruling by the Political-Administrative Chamber, the Supreme Court declared the request for preventive protection submitted by the former liberal deputy inadmissible. He hoped that this sanction would be lifted through this case review mechanism agreed between the government and the opposition Unitary Platform. Democratic (PUD).
The writing describes that Machado She is disqualified because she “participated in the corruption plot orchestrated by the former head of parliament.” Juan Guaido, as well as for failure to comply with Venezuelan regulations, by accepting “accreditation as alternate representative” of Panama before the Organization of American States (OAS), in a debate in 2014.
On December 15 – the last day of the set deadline for receiving applications – the anti-Chavista went to the TSJ to request a review of her case, stressing that there is no administrative procedure that would disqualify her.
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The sanction from the Comptroller General’s Office – which expelled Machado for a year in 2015 – became known last June after opposition deputy José Brito asked the institution for information on the anti-Chavista political status.
The decision published today establishes that his sanction has a term of fifteen years, starting from September 2021.
In December, Machado expressed his willingness to do “whatever needs to be done” to maintain and advance the path to “clean and free” presidential elections. In his opinion, going to the TSJ was therefore an ‘unambiguous step in the right direction’. towards the president’s defeat.” Nicolas Maduro.
The former deputy won the opposition primaries on October 22, when she received 92.35% of the vote.
Source: El heraldo
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