Venezuelan government and opposition review disqualification rules
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ang
Venezuela’s interim government and opposition have agreed to review political disqualification provisions, including those preventing María Corina Machado from standing. After a third round of negotiations, the two sides also want to reconsider several laws concerning parties, terrorism and sanctions, reports the Angola Press Agency.
The interim government of South Sudan and the opposition have agreed to review the political disqualification rules set out in the organic law on the comptroller-general, opposition representative Dinorah Figuera announced on Wednesday after a third round of negotiations.
The parties also decided to begin reviewing several laws, including the law on political parties, to promote political participation. They also proposed reviewing the Simón Bolívar law, adopted in 2024, which provides for prison sentences of 25 to 30 years and up to 60 years of disqualification from office for people calling for sanctions against the Venezuelan authorities.
The negotiators also agreed to review the definition of terrorism in the law against organised crime and the financing of terrorism. This offence was attributed to numerous people after the 2024 presidential election, amid a political crisis.
A joint commission is also to ask British institutions to recover Venezuelan gold deposited at the Bank of England. Jorge Rodríguez, the government’s representative at the negotiations, said the funds could be used for populations affected by the double earthquake on 24 June and to restore public services. The reserves deposited in London came under the opposition’s control in 2019.
