MIAMI.- In it European Parliament The Popular Party (PP) requested the High Representative of Foreign Action Josep Borrell, that the European Union condemn the arrest order of collaborators of opponents of the Nicolás Maduro regime.
The request was made through a letter, which was also addressed to the vice president of the European Commission. The communication was signed by the group vice president of the European People’s Party and all the People’s Party MEPs in parliament.
Dolors Montserrat, group vice president of the European People’s Party highlighted “the Maduro regime fails to comply with the Barbados agreements and continues to suffocate its political opponents, as demonstrated by the arrest warrants against María Corina’s collaborators and the non-release of political prisoners.”
“We are fully convinced, Mr. High Representative, that you will agree with us that these arrest warrants do not represent a positive and necessary step for the restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” the statement quotes.
María Corina Machado denounces “escalation of persecution”
The presidential candidate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the midst of tension due to the regime’s orders to arrest party collaborators Sell Venezueladenounced before the European Parliament the new escalation of persecution and harassment by Nicolás Maduro against adversaries.
Before the delegation of the European Parliament, Machado asked the attention of the world’s democrats to “what is happening in Venezuela.”
People’s Party
The MEPs of the Popular Party urge Josep Borrell to speak out on the situation in Venezuela, “we ask the European Commission to extend the sanctions on the Maduro regime, given the evident lack of will in favor of freedom and democracy (… .) Europe cannot look the other way when freedom is threatened in Venezuela. The defense of freedom obliges us democrats to defend it where it is threatened, and in Venezuela it is happening,” the letter reads.
Chavismo collaborator
In the same letter addressed to the High Representative of the EU, the Popular Party raised its concern about the constant actions taken by the regime’s prosecutor Tarek William Saab.
“He has issued arrest warrants against several political leaders who oppose the regime, including Yon Goicochea, Juan Guaidó, Julio Borges, Andrés Izarra, David Smolansky, Carlos Vecchio, Lester Toledo, Savoi Jandon Wright, Leopoldo López and Rafael Ramírez, all of them. in exile, as well as the political operators and leaders in Venezuela, Messrs. Roberto Abdul, Henry Alviárez, Claudia Macero and Pedro Urruchurtu”
Restrictive measures
The Council of the European Union (EU) renewed sanctions on Venezuela, limiting them to six months in a new resolution.
The Council reported days ago that it “exceptionally decided to extend its restrictive measures for only six months instead of a year, until May 14, 2024.”
After the agreement in Barbados and the situation in Venezuela, the Popular Party asks the Commission for “an assessment of the current situation in the Caribbean country after these latest maneuvers, as well as what response the EU is going to give to the events described ”.
The MEPs ask Borrell if “intends to bring to the Council a formal request that these sanctions be extended for the usual duration of their extension, that is, for 1 year, given the evident lack of will on the part of the regime to take real and effective steps in favor of the restoration of democracy in the country.”
The EU sanctions against Venezuela were imposed in 2017 due to the “deterioration of democracy, the rule of law and human rights.”
The EU sanctions against Venezuela include an embargo on weapons and repression equipment, as well as a visa ban for 54 citizens, as well as the freezing of any assets they may have in Europe.
Source: With information from the newspaper La Razón/DLA Editorial Team
