Argentina had withdrawn from the complaint in 2021, under Alberto Fernández’s mandate / Photo: El Orden Mundial
Argentina informed the International Criminal Court on Friday of its decision to rejoin the complaint once morest Venezuela before that court filed in 2018 by several countries and from which it had withdrawn in 2021.
“Today, the Argentine Republic informed the International Criminal Court of its decision to rejoin the referral made in 2018 on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, from which it had withdrawn in 2021,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Executive of the libertarian Javier Milei argued that “this decision is consistent with the actions and statements that the Argentine Government has been adopting since December 10, 2023 in the face of the deterioration of the political and human rights situation in Venezuela.”
“The Argentine Republic will continue to strive for the restoration of the rule of law and the defence of the principles of freedom and democracy in that country,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry added in a statement.
In 2018, when Argentina was governed by the conservative Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), the South American country, together with Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru, asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the Government of Venezuela for the alleged commission of crimes once morest humanity.
But in 2021, the then Argentine president, Peronist Alberto Fernández (2019-2023), decided to withdraw his country from the action brought before the international court.
The decision announced this Friday by Milei’s government was welcomed by Venezuelan Elisa Trotta, secretary general of the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD).
“We thank the Foreign Ministry and the entire government of President Javier Milei for their constant support of the democratic cause of Venezuela. In February of this year, when we met with Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, we discussed this and they have fulfilled their promise,” said Trotta.
The activist denounced that “the Maduro dictatorship persecutes, kidnaps, tortures and kills and the international community cannot look the other way,” which is why “the investigation that is progressing in the International Criminal Court for crimes once morest humanity, committed at least since 2014, is so important.”
Buenos Aires / EFE
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2024-07-19 23:53:53
