The Venezuelan opposition party First Justice (PJ) labeled Tuesday from “excuse” The external shock decree -A type of state of exception that according to the executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, signed Nicolás Maduro- to “justify more repression” in the country.
In a publication in the social network X, the party said that Venezuela lives from “years” a “state of permanent exception that has only served to pursue, imprison and silence” those who think “different.”
First Justice reiterated that the presidential elections of July 28, 2024 – in which Maduro was proclaimed president reelected by the National Electoral Council, a result considered fraudulent by the main opposition coalition – assumed a popular mandate to “take” his government and “To open the way to a Venezuela of Justice, Peace and Prosperity”.
The announcement of this external shock decree occurred after Maduro himself reported Monday about the start of a consultation process. The measure was taken in response to what the Venezuelan government denounces as “threats” by the United States, which maintains a naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea With the official mission to combat drug trafficking, but which Caracas interprets as a plan to force a “regime change.”
Rodríguez explained that the decree grants “special powers” to Maduro to “act in defense and security” in case of an American aggression.
In the absence of official dissemination, the Venezuelan NGO Access to Justice on Monday demanded the “immediate” publication of the decree in Official Gazette. The organization stressed in X that as it is a state of exception that entails The “restriction of guarantees to certain rights“, It is essential that citizens can immediately know their content and scope.
