First Justice rejects investigation against María Corina Machado

Primero Justicia (PJ) rejected this Saturday the investigation against the opposition leader Maria Corina Machadowhom the Prosecutor’s Office points out to support the US Senate bill that prohibits US government institutions from hiring people or companies with commercial ties to the Executive of Nicolás Maduro.

“We ask the international community to be alert to this new act of persecution against María Corina Machado, the entire opposition and the Venezuelans who decided for a change on July 28.” This was stated by PJ through X, in reference to the presidential elections, in which he claims Maduro was defeated.

The Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office) maintained this Friday that the statements that Machado has made in favor of the bill constitute the commission of the crimes of “treason to the country”, conspiracy with foreign countries, as well as association to commit a crime.

First Justice against investigation against María Corina Machado

In response to this, PJ stated that “the only traitors to the country” have been those who in the “last 25 years have led the country to the worst political, economic and social crisis”, in reference to Chavismo, in power since 1999.

On Wednesday, Machado predicted consequences for the Maduro government for the US bill, although the rule must be approved by the Senate for it to become effective.

“The Bolívar law (officially the Law for the Prohibition of Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime of Venezuela) sends a clear message to the regime: repression and criminal activities have consequences, and no one will be able to normalize them,” said Machado.

For his part, Maduro described the rule as “garbage” and warned that those opponents who support this bill will be committing crimes, so they must abide by “the judicial consequences”, without specifying what they would be.

On Thursday, Parliament – controlled by Chavismo – approved the discussion of an organic law that seeks to politically disqualify those who request countries, “terrorist groups or associations,” to impose economic sanctions against the Caribbean nation.

The Bolívar bill was presented by Florida representatives Mike WaltzRepublican, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat, who consider, in the words of the former, that the United States should “maintain the existing sanctions against the regime and seek to expand them to minimize Maduro’s resources to abuse the freedoms and prosperity of the Venezuelan people.” ».