2024-01-27 23:48:52
The Argentine Government established its position regarding the political disqualification ordered by the Justice of Venezuela for María Corina Machado, main opposition candidate to the Nicolás Maduro regime. Through a statement, the Foreign Ministry expressed its “concern” regarding the political situation in the country and demanded the exercise of democratic and transparent electionsin which all applicants can participate, “with the presence of external electoral observation.”
This Saturday, a statement issued by the Government was released to highlight that “the political situation in Venezuela remains with concern” and that regrets the decision to “disqualify him from the exercise of public functions” to the main opposition leader, María Corina Machado.
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“The Argentine Government follows with concern the political situation in Venezuela and regrets the decision to disqualify the main leader of the opposition and winner of the primaries, María Corina Machado“, they stated in a press release from the Foreign Ministry.
In turn, they stated that Argentina “reaffirms its commitment to the defense of freedom, democracy and human rights and hopes for the prompt holding of democratic, transparent presidential elections, with full participation of all political candidates and with the presence of electoral observation.” external”.
The press release released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Diana Mondino It was made public following the Supreme Court of Venezuela maintained the disqualification of the opposition presidential candidate, María Corina Machado, from holding public office.
With its ruling, the highest Venezuelan court closed the way for Machado, a 56-year-old industrial engineer, to register her candidacy for the presidential elections scheduled for the second half of the year.
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate and other political figures in Venezuela accuse the Comptroller General of that country of carrying out political actions to disqualify the opposition of the Government of President Nicolás Maduro.
“Citizen María Corina Machado Parisca is disqualified from exercising public functions for a period of 15 years,” said the Venezuelan Supreme Court.
The court explained its ruling using the Comptroller’s allegations that Machado supported U.S. sanctions and the interim government, which Maduro blames for the loss of money on Venezuela’s foreign assets.
In this context, the Venezuelan opposition demanded this Saturday that the supreme court reverse the disqualification of its presidential candidate, María Corina Machado, to whom a 15-year sanction was ratified through a mechanism agreed upon in the midst of negotiations with the government.
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The controversial disqualification of María Corina Machado had international repercussions and several former presidents of both Spain and Latin America expressed solidarity with the leaderwhom they consider “the legitimate representative of the opposition in Venezuela and their presidential candidate before the international community.”
The former president Mauricio Macri adhered to this statement issued to support the opposition leader in Venezuela. This is a document signed by 29 members of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA).
In turn, they urged the Venezuelan authorities to comply with the Barbados agreements and “act accordingly”, which implies “respecting ‘the right of each political actor to select their candidate’.”
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