Chavist Parliament demanded Maduro to expel EU ambassador from Venezuela

The illegitimate National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, made up mainly of supporters of chavimo, on Tuesday asked the regime to expel the ambassador of the European Union (EU), Isabel Brilhante, after the sanctions approved by the community bloc against 19 people, including several deputies.

In an agreement approved unanimously, the chavista AN, asks the regime chaired by Nicolás Maduro to “proceed with the execution of this declaration, as well as the establishment of diplomatic mechanisms to proceed with the expulsion” of the ambassador.

Furthermore, he urges the executive to “To declare the head of the EU delegation to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, persona ‘non grata’.”

The agreement was read by MP Ilenia Medina and later it was put to a vote.

During the process, the president of the NA, Jorge Rodríguez, said he raised both hands to vote and demand that Brilhante be declared “persona non grata”.

“I raise both hands to ask that the representative of the European Union be declared persona non grata, I raise both hands to ask that the conditions under which there is an office of the European Union here in Venezuela be reconsidered”, Held.

During his pre-vote speech, Rodríguez said that “there is no room in the amount of disgust” that causes “there are people who have become addicted to sanctions”.

Among those who approve the approval of the sanctions are opponents Juan Guaidó and Leopoldo López, who has been living in Spain since last October, when he left the residence of the then ambassador to Venezuela, Jesús Silva.

“We cannot be disgusted that they have incurred so many actions, where those who defend democracy are attacked by the now defunct European Empire”, he stressed.

In the text read by Medina from the speakers’ desk, which was applauded by the deputies before their vote, they also ask the regime “to review the operating agreement by which it authorized the opening” of the office of the EU in Venezuela.

According to him, “he failed to respect internal regulations, interferes in the internal affairs of our country and adopted unilateral and illegal coercive measures which have caused serious damage to the Venezuelan people.”

The EU on Monday approved new sanctions against Venezuela, adding 19 people to its list, after the December 6 elections that EU countries do not recognize because they believe they do not meet democratic standards.

In all, The list includes 55 people, including the vice-president of the regime, Delcy Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello, number two of dictator Nicolás Maduro.

EU foreign ministers today expanded the list, adding, among others, the president and vice-president of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, Indira Maira Alfonzo Izaguirre and Leonardo Enrique Morales Poleo, respectively.

Also among those sanctioned are MPs José Brito and Bernabé Gutiérrez, two opposition dissidents who split from the group led by Guaidó, who in turn accuses them of being bribed by Maduro.

(With information from EFE)

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