Nicolás Maduro pardons opposition deputies imprisoned and exiled

09/01/2020 Chile



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He Government of Venezuela pardoned this Monday, by presidential decree, a score of opposition deputies imprisoned, exiled or with raided immunity, already journalists and social actors arrested or accused of various crimes.

As explained in a press conference Minister of Communications, Jorge Rodríguez, between the 110 pardoned are the legislators Freddy Guevara (who is a refugee in the Chilean Embassy), Freddy Superlano, Miguel Pizarro and Roberto Marrero, and the journalist Nicmer Evans, who is imprisoned in the facilities of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM).

The pardons were granted by a decree signed by Nicolas Maduro, with the “supreme commitment” to achieve “peace and reconciliation”, and that will enter into force on the date of publication in the official Gazette from Venezuela.

The president made the decision only three days after opposition deputy Juan Requesens was granted house arrest, after 752 days, for his alleged participation in the failed attack against Maduro on August 4, 2018.

According to Rodríguez, pardons are granted within the framework of the agreements between the Government and the opposition prior to the elections to the National Assembly (AN, Parliament), which will be held on December 6.

Outside of the long list of pardons, some of the most representative figures of the Venezuelan opposition remain, such as Leopoldo López, staying at the Embassy of Spain in Caracas, The Henrique Capriles, leader of the Primero Justicia party and a two-time presidential candidate who is in a position to disabled.

However, the first vice president of the National Assembly led by Juan Guaidó, Juan Pablo Guanipa, or Henry Ramos Allup, leader of the social democratic party Acción Democrática (AD), and one of the most notable voices of the opposition.

Mixed reactions in the opposition

Several of the opposition deputies whose processes ended with the pardon reacted by questioning the president’s legitimacy, while reiterating that they had not committed any crime.

“You have no authority to forgive anyone“, he told Maduro on Twitter First Vice President of Parliament, Juan Pablo Guanipa, who sits on the board led by Juan Guaidó.

“Ask God for forgiveness for the damage you have done, and finish going long to hell“added the legislator, who had at least two cases opened by the Prosecutor’s Office, one of them for a failed military uprising against Maduro at the end of April last year.

Of the 110 people pardoned, 25 are opposition deputies who recognize Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela, as do fifty governments, including Chile. Social leaders, trade unionists, journalists and other social actors are also detained and accused of various crimes on the list of those who have been amnestied.

Guaidó’s collaborator Freddy superlano, who was in hiding until a few minutes after the announcement, rejected the talk of pardons, since the deputies have not committed crimes, and pointed out that the Maduro government carried out “a political persecution” against the opposition.

“(The pardon) can be reversed tomorrow, it can be reversed in the next few hours, dictatorships act like this“, Superlano told reporters outside El Helicoide, where one of the Caracas headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) operates.

There, Superlano awaited the release of Roberto Marrero, a Guaidó collaborator detained on terrorism charges in March 2019.

For Capriles, a joy

“How can we not be happy that Rubén González, Roberto Marrero and many more can be reunited with their family? It is an act of justice!”, Assured through his Twitter account the twice presidential candidate Henrique Capriles.

However, he maintained that “they should never have been imprisoned, just as so many Venezuelans have not had to suffer unjust jail.”

“Hopefully this is a true sign. The road for Freedom in Venezuela has been full of outrages. There are still other political prisoners who, being innocent, are still kidnapped by the regime. To them our word of encouragement and fight. There has to be justice too! “He added.

Finally, he stressed that “no one is fooling themselves” and Venezuelans know what they are up against.

“Even so, we are hopeful that democracy will return to our country, that the horror of the persecution will end and that roads will be opened for Venezuelans to decide their future in peace,” he concluded.

“The pardon is an insult”

He deputy Américo de Grazia, who left for Italy after being accused and who was benefited with the pardon on Monday, also rejected the measure, which he described as an “insult.”

“Neither Maduro is president, nor am I a criminal. If you (Maduro) want to contribute to the peace of Venezuela, pardon the country from the usurpation of power, renounce the factual occupation of the tragedy that has subjected our people and perhaps we will have something to thank you for, “he said on Twitter.

The list of pardons that the Venezuelan government delivered on Monday also includes figures such as the unionist Rubén González and journalists Nicmer Evans – a former ally of Chavismo who turned his back on Maduro – and Luisa Arriaga, the latter accused of inciting. hatred through social media.



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