2024-01-30 23:47:00
During a telematic conversation with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Maria Corina Machadothe opposition presidential candidate from Venezuela who has been disqualified by the Justice of that country, thanked the Chilean Foreign Ministry for its statement regarding this situation.
Last week, the Supreme Court of Venezuela confirmed that for a 15-year political disqualification, will not be able to compete in this year’s electionsfor which She is the favorite, since in last October’s primaries she obtained 92% of the votes.
In this Tuesday’s session, Machado stressed that in the Barbados Agreementthe government of Nicolás Maduro promised to respect the candidates and facilitate your authorizationan agreement that was cited by the Foreign Ministry in its statement on Monday, which calls for monitoring compliance with it.
“I must say that I greatly appreciate the responses of the Government of Chile; I believe that yesterday’s statement was timely, necessary and very significant, due to some ideological affinities with the Maduro government“said the candidate, given the left-wing nature that both administrations share.
“However,” he clarified, “I think A line that the Government of President Boric has made very clear is around the issue of human rightsand this has a big impact, and these are things that are not necessarily public, but can be conveyed in terms of what the red lines are.”
[AHORA] ???? The Foreign Relations Commission listens to María Corina Machado.
▶️ pic.twitter.com/2CjpOexK7a— Chilean Senate (@Senado_Chile) January 30, 2024
For the rest, the standard bearer assured that “the determination of Venezuelans is that the mandate of October 22 (date of the primaries) is fulfilled, and that implies that I I am going to register as a candidate against Maduroand that in clean and free competitive elections we are going to defeat him“.
“SENSE OF URGENCY”
Considering this scenario, Machado asked the senators to have a “sense of urgency” in their actions, requesting – for example – to act so that the Venezuelans residing in Chile have the right to vote in the presidential electionsand facilitate their registration process, as well as protection mechanisms for those who are repressed and persecuted in Venezuela, and for those who have to leave the country.
Matias Walker (Democrats), who participated in the session as a guest, reflected at the closing that “international solidarity today is more important than ever,” urging to “call the Chilean ambassador in Caracas (Jaime Gazmuri) and inform” the position of the Executive in this framework.
“We believe that this can be one of the tools that our Government, which yesterday expressed its concern about the situation, can use. We hope to move from concern to more direct, more decisive actions“said the parliamentarian.
Meanwhile, the socialist senator Jose Miguel Insulzawho is a member of the RREE Commission, commented that “it is a fact that The issue of Venezuela is more than ever a regional issue., from across the continent. In other words, seven or eight million Venezuelans abroad is an immense number.”
“This has caused a certain commotion, and therefore, we have to understand that in Latin America there is no compartment of watertight, that is, what happens in one country necessarily affects another. And That forces us to some action.“he added.
Besides, Some senators proposed during the session that the members of the body travel to Venezuelaan idea that was valued by Machado, who said he hopes that this visit will take place as soon as possible.
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