The Constituent Assembly of Venezuela lifted Guaidó's immunity and allowed his criminal trial

The ruling Constituent Assembly deprived the parliamentary leader of his immunity on Tuesday

Juan Guaidó

, recognized as Acting President of

Venezuela

more than 50 countries and allowed the highest court to prosecute him for the theft.

As announced Diosdado Cabello, president of the body that reigns in Venezuela with absolute power, the Constituent Assembly approved unanimously "authorize the continuation of criminal prosecution of the deputy" Guaidó by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).

On January 29, the TSJ opened an investigation against Guaidó for allegedly usurping the functions of the Socialist leader,

Nicolás Maduro

, who also accuses him of preparing an attack against him.

"Sometimes the law takes time, but in this case, it will come," warned Cabello, number two of Chavismo, closing the debate at the Federal Legislative Building. And he stressed: "We act on the basis of the Constitution".

The Magna Carta establishes that the Supreme Court is the "only authority empowered to order, with the authorization of the National Assembly," the detention and prosecution of parliamentarians. But the highest court, accused of serving Maduro, has declared Parliament contempt of court in 2016 and considers all its decisions as null and void.

In addition, the Constituent Assembly, elected in August 2017 and unknown to the opposition, governs as a plenipotentiary body to which all other state institutions must be subordinated. In practice, he has badumed legislative functions.

The self-proclamation of Guaidó

Guaidó was proclaimed acting president on January 23, after the opposition-majority parliament declared Maduro "usurper" for having started a second term on the 10th of the month, which would have resulted in "fraudulent" elections.

For that, it was based on Articles 233, 333 and 350 of the Venezuelan Constitution. According to him, his objective was "to achieve the effective conformation of the transitional government", for which he appealed to the population, the armed forces and the international community.

North America

Donald Trump

is the world leader who has been supporting Guaidó the most since his self-proclamation.

Mauricio Macri

He also recognized the adversary as president. "I want to express my support for the decision of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to recognize him as the president responsible for this country," he wrote on his Twitter account.

Article 233, mentioned by constitutional experts at the time to lower Guaido's measure, refers to the "absolute faults" of the President of the Republic. Parliament considers that this condition has been fulfilled since 2017 for "violation of constitutional obligations" of President Nicolás Maduro. As a result, they baderted that "a new universal, direct and secret election must be made within 30 consecutive days following".

"While the new president will be elected and take office, the president of the National Assembly will be in charge of the presidency of the republic," the article said. In the same spirit, Guaidó had stated: "Article 233 of the Constitution is very clear.It is an element that is nothing more constitutional than it is. 39, is not only an element of law in force in Venezuela, but an element of dictatorship that: We live in the country, dismantle the rule of law, persecution, kidnappings, corruption without precedent in the recent history of humanity. "

AFP Agency