November 23, 2024, 7:29 AM
November 23, 2024, 7:29 AM
The Public Ministry of Venezuela announced this Friday that it will open an investigation against opposition leader María Corina Machado, whom it accused of the crime of “treason against the country.”
The reason, according to the institution, is to have expressed its support for the “Bolívar Law”, a bill approved last Monday in the United States House of Representatives that calls for increasing economic pressure against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
The Caracas prosecutor’s office explained in a statement that it will investigate Machado so that he is “charged for her promotion and support to said legal eyesore that sponsors terrible criminal acts against the Venezuelan people.”
He interpreted that the messages published by the opponent in favor of the Bolívar Law imply the commission of the crimes of “betrayal of the country“, conspiracy with foreign countries and association to commit a crime.
Machado and the Bolívar Law
Machado expressed on Wednesday on the social network repression and criminal activities have consequences and no one will be able to normalize them.”
The Bolívar Law, whose official name is the Law of Prohibition of Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime of Venezuela, prohibits US government institutions from hiring people or companies that maintain commercial ties with the South American country.
It was presented by two representatives from Florida: Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Republican Mike Waltz, who stated that the US must “maintain existing sanctions against the regime and seek to expand them to minimize Maduro’s resources to abuse freedoms and liberty.” prosperity of the Venezuelan people”.
To become effective, the Bolívar Law must be approved by the Senate, something that is likely to happen.
For its part, Maduro described Wednesday as “garbage” the bill and warned that opponents who support it will be committing crimes and will have to face judicial consequences.
The Venezuelan Parliament, controlled by Chavismo, unanimously approved this Thursday an organic law that will punish with political disqualification citizens who request economic sanctions for Caracas to third countries, as well as “terrorist groups or associations.”
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