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2017-06-21 08:42:54 UTC
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday ordered the Supreme Court
to prepare to prosecute Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, even though
the court is not empowered to do so, according to sources familiar with
the matter.
The decision, which could deepen the fissures inside the Maduro
administration, came hours after Ortega gave signs that she intends to
investigate corruption within the regime.
The Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday that it had accepted a petition
filed by pro-government legislator Pedro Carreño asking the Venezuelan
high court to decide whether there are sufficient reasons to go after
the attorney general — in a proceeding known as a “Prosecution of Merit”
— on allegations of “serious faults in the exercise of her position,”
the top court said in a brief statement.
The court is not empowered to approve such prosecutions, warned Leonardo
Palacios, a constitution expert in Caracas.
“That decision belongs to the National Assembly,” said Palacios. “That
[the pronouncement of the court] has no reason to be … it is an unjust
and unconstitutional trick. It has no rationale and serves as evidence
that here [in Venezuela] there is no rule of law.”
The decision threatens to further deepen the divisions between Maduro
supporters and those who think he betrayed the legacy of the late
President Hugo Chávez.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article157250459.html
to prepare to prosecute Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, even though
the court is not empowered to do so, according to sources familiar with
the matter.
The decision, which could deepen the fissures inside the Maduro
administration, came hours after Ortega gave signs that she intends to
investigate corruption within the regime.
The Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday that it had accepted a petition
filed by pro-government legislator Pedro Carreño asking the Venezuelan
high court to decide whether there are sufficient reasons to go after
the attorney general — in a proceeding known as a “Prosecution of Merit”
— on allegations of “serious faults in the exercise of her position,”
the top court said in a brief statement.
The court is not empowered to approve such prosecutions, warned Leonardo
Palacios, a constitution expert in Caracas.
“That decision belongs to the National Assembly,” said Palacios. “That
[the pronouncement of the court] has no reason to be … it is an unjust
and unconstitutional trick. It has no rationale and serves as evidence
that here [in Venezuela] there is no rule of law.”
The decision threatens to further deepen the divisions between Maduro
supporters and those who think he betrayed the legacy of the late
President Hugo Chávez.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article157250459.html
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