Barinas Released the opposition mayor who was arrested while trying to prevent them from looting the Mayor's Office
Venezuela Chavismo wins the elections but loses half of its support
Eight days later, Chavismo tore off a democratic disguise that was already full of holes. The
Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ)
, a regular hammer against the opposition, has ordered the
National Electoral Council (CNE) to
suspend the totalization of votes in
Barinas
, the cradle of the revolution, and the subsequent proclamation of the winner.
The minutes of the political parties confirmed that
Freddy Superlano
, candidate of Popular Will, party of the president in charge
Juan Guaidó
and former political prisoner
Leopoldo López
, has imposed by a few votes
Argenis
, brother of Hugo Chávez.
The family of the "supreme commander" has ruled for 22 years in the state where they were born, today a symbol of revolutionary power.
The process was not over, despite the fact that between the two candidates they added nearly 200,000 votes, because
a general refused to deliver the minutes confirming the historic change
.
From the early hours of the morning, civil organizations had denounced the militarization of Barinas.
When the CNE had already started the totalization of the process in Caracas, once the acts of military hands had been "rescued", the TSJ intervened directly. To further entangle the usual national mess, the appeal before the Supreme Court, which serves as a formal excuse for the decision, has been filed by one of the deputies who are part of the group of collaborators subsidized by
Alex Saab
. A deputy who, in addition, is also surnamed
Superlano
, although he does not maintain any family ties with the winner of the regional elections in Barinas.
The Colombian magnate, whom prosecutor
Luisa Ortega
accuses of being
Nicolás Maduro's
main front man
, awaits in a Florida jail for his trial to begin for conspiring to commit money laundering with the millions of dollars of corruption, obtained in the loot revolutionary.
In its response brief, the Supreme Court has found a new justification for its decision: Superlano would be disqualified from the exercise of any public office.
An affirmation that clashes with the decisions made by the Maduro government since the
dialogues in Mexico
with the opposition, which entailed the "rehabilitation" of a part of the punished opponents.
"During these days the tantrums of some arrogant men have wanted to snatch the victory from the people. Through a judgment of the Supreme Court they now intend to annul the capacities of the CNE and, worse still, the will of the people," complained Freddy Superlano, who is determined to stay in the streets in defense of his victory.
"Let's go together, don't leave me alone," cried the VP leader.
"As the
Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union
warned in its preliminary report: there is no right-wing state or independence of powers in Venezuela. The decision of Maduro's Supreme Court on Barinas is the most recent evidence," added Guaidó.
It remains to be seen if Chavismo will repeat what it has already done in 2015 in Amazonas or in 2017 in Bolívar.
In the first case, it ordered that the three indigenous deputies elected in that territory be removed with the excuse of opening an investigation against them.
Nothing is known yet, six years later, of that process
, initiated to prevent the opposition from reaching a 2/3 majority in Parliament, which would have made it possible to call a Constituent Assembly.
In Bolívar, the results were simply changed so that the opponent
Andrés Velásquez
did not assume the government won at the polls due to the strategic interest of the Arco Minero.
From there, the smuggling of gold has multiplied with a general at the head of that border state.
With Barinas there are different formulas, from the repetition of the elections until the Legislative Council imposes a Chavista as governor in charge.
"And then they wonder why the EU Mission said there was no independence of powers in Venezuela," said opposition leader
Freddy Guevara
.
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