The National Assembly of Ecuador this Tuesday urged the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, to request the International Criminal Court to arrest the ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to prevent crimes against humanity in that country.
With an affirmative vote of 78 legislators, with 43 against and 6 abstentions, the plenary session of the Assembly approved the motion presented by the independent legislator María Teresa Pasquel.
This motion urged President Noboa, representing Ecuador and as a member of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, to request that “arrest orders be issued against Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros.”
This measure “in order to prevent the continuation of crimes against humanity and ensure the effectiveness of ongoing investigations” into alleged human rights violations in Venezuela, was noted in the text of the motion.
Likewise, it was requested that the International Criminal Court order the “immobilization and seizure of the assets and assets of any kind that are registered in the name of Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, in his personal capacity or related third parties, for their subsequent definitive confiscation.”
This “in order to benefit the victims or their families of the crimes against humanity caused” by the accused, Pasquel stated in his motion.
The approval of the motion was supported by right-wing groups such as the ruling National Democratic Action movement, the Social Christian Party, the Construye formation and independents.
On the other side were the progressive Citizen Revolution movement, led by former president Rafael Correa, and the indigenous group Pachakutik.
In the debate, legislator Ana Galarza, from Construye, stressed that her party rejects any form of dictatorship, because it generates suffering in the people and serious consequences “such as mass migration, tyranny, extreme poverty, blackouts and mismanagement governmental”.
For his part, Correista Fernando Cedeño said that interference in the internal affairs of other countries such as Venezuela should be avoided, which, he assured, is on its way to becoming part of the largest economies in the world.
For Cedeño, there is a worse situation in Ecuador and he recalled that this year, 185,000 Ecuadorians have left the country through the dangerous Darién Pass (on the border between Colombia and Panama), who have decided to risk their lives for a better future.
The resolution by the Parliament of Ecuador came after an Argentine court ordered the capture of the president of Venezuela for alleged crimes against humanity.
The Federal Chamber of the City of Buenos Aires thus resolved it within the framework of a case opened in early 2023 for a complaint against Maduro presented by the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD), based on the principle of universal jurisdiction. which allows countries to prosecute serious human rights crimes regardless of where they were committed.
The Government of Caracas repudiated that decision, calling it “irritating” and “ridiculous” and considering it a “crude reaction of retaliation instructed” by the Argentine president, Javier Milei.
The Venezuelan Justice had also ordered the “preventive” detention of the Argentine president for “aggravated robbery” and six other crimes related to the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that was held in Buenos Aires and was sent to the United States last February.
Caracas / EFE
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2024-09-27 15:51:33
