The National Budget for the year 2025 should become the first development budget of the communal State in Venezuela, instructed the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro.
“I want you to elect a commission of about 30 colleagues that will go to the National Assembly and supervise this budget law for 2025 so that they turn it into the first law for the development of the communal State in Venezuela. “We are going to push the bar, we are going to achieve the changes,” the Head of State ordered the participants of the Congress of the Historical Block of 21st Century Venezuela.
In this sense, he highlighted that said commission should be made up mainly of grassroots rapporteurs, not deputies.
Elections in December
On the other hand, the President called, for this Monday, the presidents of the different public powers of the country to a meeting to advance in the planning of the elections to elect justices of the peace, on December 15.
“Venezuela on December 15 will have new elections, elections in the communal circuits, 5 thousand territories of justices of the peace and I call for Monday at noon the meeting of the five Constitutional Powers: the Legislative Power, the Judicial Power, essential for this great task of justice, the Electoral Power, the Citizen Power and as Head of State, Head of Government, the Executive Power, plus the Popular Power, plus the military power,” he noted.
In this sense, Maduro highlighted that justices of the peace will be elected by direct and secret universal vote, marking an important step towards citizen participation in justice.
Justice at Home
For his part, the president of the National Assembly, deputy Jorge Rodríguez, pointed out that the changes made to the Law of Special Jurisdiction of Communal Peace Justice seek to make modifications in the State so that the people “feel justice directly at home.” , in their community.”
In this sense, he highlighted the consoling nature of justices of the peace who, with their actions, will be able to avoid many conflicts.
He also highlighted that each community will be able to elect up to three justices of the peace per communal circuit, who will have a crucial role in promoting a “new form of justice” that will not be punitive, but neighborhood and family-based.
