They prevent Guaidó from participating in elections

The leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, was disqualified yesterday for participating in the elections and occupying a public post for 15 years for alleged falsification of data in his patrimonial declaration and for having received money from him. 39, stranger without justification.

In statements on state television, Chief Comptroller General Elvis Amoroso said that an investigation had determined "the inconsistency of the badets shown in his affidavit of badets and badets. income that he should have received as a member of the National Assembly, as well as exaggerated and excessive spending in their lifestyle that does not correspond to those that a deputy may finance. "

Amoroso, a close badociate of President Nicolás Maduro, has asked the Public Prosecutor to join in the investigation against Guaidó. Guaidó was declared president in office on January 23 by the National Assembly. The opposition leader – recognized by the United States and by more than 50 countries as interim president – rejected the controller's decision.

Amoroso "is not a controller … there is no disqualification, there is a determined people to recover his freedom," Guaidó said at a meeting with experts from the Venezuelan College of Engineers. He stressed that the National Assembly was the only one able to appoint a controller

But the National Assembly, in the hands of the opposition, has been stripped of its powers by the Supreme Court of Justice, controlled by the ruling party.

"We continue to tour all over the country" and increase the pressure to achieve "the end of the usurpation, a transitional government and free elections," Guaidó said.

The opposition leader asked Venezuelans to remain mobilized despite the power cuts and asked them to focus Saturday in the streets to protest the blackouts.

Contact group

The International Contact Group on Venezuela condemns the decision of the controller of this country to disqualify self-proclaimed President Juan Guaidó from holding a public post for 15 years and confirms that the crisis in that country can only have one. political and peaceful solution. At the second meeting, this forum, composed of 16 countries from Europe and Latin America in Quito, emphasized that the challenge of Guaidó is a political decision "that does not take into consideration the regularity of the procedure, it is a new demonstration of the arbitrary nature of judicial proceedings in this country and that the restoration of democracy and legality is urgent ".