AME8442. CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 06/23/2023. María Corina Machado, candidate of Vente Venezuela (VV), arrives on June 23, 2023 To as a candidate for the primary elections that will be held next October 22 in Caracas (Venezuela) . Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado branded the 15year political incapacity she has been subjected to as “useless,” announced this summer by MP José Brito, who asked the Contraloría for information on the status of the anti Chavista asked. who presented his candidacy for the primary elections in October. EFE/Miguel Gutierrez
One of the most popular precandidates for the 2024 presidential election VenezuelaMaría Corina Machado, of the opposition’s most radical wing, has been banned from holding public office for 15 years, according to a letter from the Comptroller General released on Friday 30th, which also includes the twotime presidential candidate Henrique Caprilesin addition to Juan Guaidowho went into exile US in April it was read by Congressman José Brito. “I have the duty to inform you that on July 13, 2015, citizen María Corina Machado Parisca was sentenced to ban from public office for a period of 15 years,” the text reads. The United States, which has an old dispute with Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government, which includes an embargo on Venezuelan oil, protested the measure imposed on the opposition, as did the OAS and Colombia’s leftwing government. The disqualification “deprives the Venezuelan people of fundamental political rights,” said Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman. “Venezuelans deserve the right to choose a candidate to run in the 2024 presidential election without interference,” he added.
According to the Audit Office, María Corina’s disqualification was based on “administrative irregularities” when she was acting as deputy (20112014). The ban imposed in 2015 was initially for one year, but the auditor continued to investigate it in subsequent years. The opponent is also accused of participating in a Guaidóled “network of corruption” recognized by 50 countries as Venezuela’s interim president between January 2019 and January 2023, which did not recognize President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection in 2018, because he considered it “fraudulent”. “Nobody is surprised, that was yet to come, but if they believe or thought that this farce of disqualification would prevent them from participating in the primaries, they must prepare themselves, because if we had the strength, we would do it now more.” Kraft,” said María Corina in a political act.
*With information from AFP