The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Caryslia Rodríguez, reported that the Electoral Chamber will focus on the expert examination of the material submitted by the political organizations that participated in the electoral process of July 28 in order to produce a definitive ruling. She also recalled that the decisions of the highest court have the character of “res judicata” and are therefore unappealable.
This was stated by the head of the Venezuelan Judiciary during a press conference held this Saturday at the headquarters of the TSJ, in which she also mentioned that an expert report will be carried out on the massive cyber attack that the National Electoral Council (CNE) was subjected to.
“This courtroom will be staffed by highly qualified and qualified personnel who will use the highest technical standards, thus guaranteeing that this highest judicial authority will sovereignly resolve conflicts that are the exclusive responsibility of the Venezuelan State,” he said.
The highest judge explained that the court is continuing the expert appraisal that began on August 5 in order to produce the final ruling to respond to the electoral contentious appeal, which will have the character of “res judicata, since this jurisdictional body is the highest judicial authority in judicial matters,” that is, the decisions of the TSJ are unappealable and subject to punctual compliance.
Rodríguez reiterated his commitment and willingness to the people to deliver justice: “Nothing will stop us in our sacred mission.”
Political organizations appeared
The head of the Judiciary described it as a transcendental moment that, in the event of any doubt or conflict, the answers must be found in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
In this regard, he reiterated that the CNE appeared in full with all its rectors before the Electoral Chamber of the highest body, collecting all the required documents on the electoral process of July 28.
Also present were the 38 political organizations that presented candidates in the electoral process, of which 33 handed out electoral material. Of the 10 former candidates, 9 of them attended.
Opposition extremist candidate in contempt
“It is noted that former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia did not attend, therefore, he did not comply with the summons order, disregarding the highest court, consequently, he did not comply with the submission of the minutes or any other material,” emphasized the president of the TSJ.
He added that Manuel Rosales, José Luis Cartaya and José Simón Calzadilla, representatives of the political parties that supported the far-right candidacy, also did not submit any electoral material “arguing that they do not have documentation, in this sense they stated that they do not have witness records of the tables.”
In addition, opposition politicians said that the Súmate organization was part of the technical service that took the minutes and posted them on a website, which is the subject of an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office for the alleged crimes of usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, instigation to disobedience of the law, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracy.
