For the position of attorney general, in addition to Tarek William Saab, there are 34 other candidates, among whom is the lawyer and former deputy prosecutor of the Public Ministry, Katherine Harrington, sanctioned by the United States, Canada and the European Union for considering that she has “violated human rights»
The 2020 National Assembly released the list of candidates for the positions of attorney general, ombudsman and comptroller general. Among the names, Tarek William Saab and Alfredo Ruiz, current heads of the Attorney General’s Office and the Ombudsman’s Office, stand out.
Through its X account, on Saturday, October 26, the Parliamentary Nominations Committee published a list of 58 candidates for the position of ombudsmanwhere Ruiz is, as well as former deputy and activist Enrique Ochoa Antich, opponent of President Nicolás Maduro.
The committee also presented a list of 35 candidates for the position of Comptroller General, which includes Elvis Junior Hidrobo Pérez, son of the current president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), the ruling party Elvis Hidrobo Amoroso.
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List of Citizens nominated for Comptroller General of the Republic. ⬇️⬇️⬇️Citizen Power Application Evaluation Committee. pic.twitter.com/GJUapKfVR5
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For the position of attorney general, in addition to Saab, there are 34 other candidates, among whom is the lawyer and former deputy prosecutor of the Public Ministry, Katherine Harrington, sanctioned by the United States, Canada and the European Union for considering that she has “violated human rights.” ».
Likewise, Gustavo Vizcaino, director of the Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Immigration (Saime) and alternate rector of the CNE, applied for this position. Josmary Páez appears on all three lists, who served as associate lawyer of the Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in 2019.
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On October 10, the Venezuelan parliament, controlled by Chavismo, appointed a nominations committee to appoint a new attorney general, comptroller general and ombudsman, members of the country’s Citizen Power. In August 2017, the defunct national constituent assembly, a forum made up solely of ruling parties that exercised incontestable powers in the country for two years, appointed Saab as attorney general, after approving the dismissal of Luisa Ortega Díaz, as well as her disqualification from office. exercise of any public office.
Subsequently, in October 2018, the ANC appointed Amoroso as the new comptroller general, who held the position until 2023, when he left it to be named president of the CNE. The appointments of the comptroller, prosecutor and defender constitutionally correspond to the parliament, then controlled by the opposition and declared in “contempt” by the TSJ, so the ANC made use of its plenipotentiary nature to assume these tasks.
With information from EFE.
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