Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, questioned Karim Khanprosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for investigating the alleged commission of crimes once morest humanity in the country.
The ruling party, also a deputy to the 2020 National Assembly, justified his criticism with the decision of the international court to close the case of Colombia, which was open for 17 years for the crimes committed during the conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC).
“Mr. Karim Khan came here (Latin America). He exonerated Colombia and is investigating Venezuela, he is very objective”, Hair ironized during his program With the mallet givingbroadcast by Venezuelan Television.
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court rejected a week ago defer your investigation on Venezuela, as requested by the government of Nicolás Maduro. Therefore, Khan asked the judges to resume the process.
“I notified the Pre-Trial Chamber of Venezuela’s request to suspend the proceeding, as well as my intention to request, as soon as possible, authorization to resume my research”, the prosecutor said in a statement.
“I have communicated this decision because, following examining the merits of the request for postponement, I have come to the conclusion that no new information submitted that justifies that request,” he added.
The regime ensures that human rights violations during the brutal repression of opposition protests in 2017 are punished, prosecuted and judged by its own judicial system. “There is no need for an investigation by the International Criminal Court”recently stated the Chavite Attorney General Tarek William Saab.
