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More than a hundred opponents of Venezuela, including deputies and collaborators of the parliamentary president, Juan Guaidó, received this Monday the “pardon” of the socialist leader, Nicolas Maduro, “In the interest of promoting national reconciliation and the search for peace,” the Government reported.
“Presidential pardons are granted to the citizens mentioned below,” said the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, reading during a press conference broadcast on government television a list that includes Roberto Marrero, Guaidó’s assistant, as well as the opposition MPs Gilber Caro and Renzo Prieto.
Among those pardoned, there are also legislators Freddy Superlano, Miguel Pizarro and Roberto Marrero, and journalist Nicmer Evans, who is imprisoned in the facilities of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM).
Also included is parliamentarian Freddy Guevara, a fellow Guaidó supporter, who has been at the Chilean embassy in Caracas since November 2017, after leading anti-government protests that left more than 125 dead that year. The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), accused of serving Chavismo, then prohibited him from leaving the country.
The pardon also includes opposition deputies with open judicial processes who are outside the country, as well as party leaders with cases before the Supreme Court for whom there are no prison sentences.
In total, there would be at least 110 opposition leaders, including 23 deputies and 4 alternates.
The announcement comes less than 100 days before the parliamentary elections in Venezuela, boycotted by the opposition, and a day after Maduro said that he is supporting measures that lead the country to a process of “reunion” and “deep dialogue” of ahead of the parliamentary elections on December 6.
“The main intention is that the Venezuelan affairs are resolved by Venezuelans and that they be resolved through peaceful, electoral and democratic means,” said the minister.
The presidential decree “will enter into force as of its publication,” and the courts “must implement immediate measures of freedom for the persons mentioned,” said the document read by Rodríguez.
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