The Office of the Prosecutor has asked to ban the departure of Gu …

The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, on Tuesday urged the highest court to ban the country's exit and freeze the accounts of the so-called "president in charge", the leader of the opposition , Juan Guaidó. The prosecutor's office took precautionary measures as part of a preliminary investigation into Guaidó's responsibility for the violent acts of January 22, when the president of the National Assembly declared himself in custody. revolt against President Nicolás Maduro.

"We have arrived here (…) to request that precautionary measures be taken (…) which allow in this case: 1) the ban on his departure from the country, and secondly, the prohibition of Alienate and encumber movable and immovable property; third, the blockade of their accounts, "Saab told the seat of the Supreme Court of Justice. The resolution also provides for the sale of the property of the parliamentarian.

Guaidó learned that the prosecutor's decisions were inscribed in a series of "threats" against him and in parliament by the majority of the opposition, which he presided over himself. "I do not reject a prison threat, I do not want it to be taken from us, I tell them responsibly that" nothing new under the sun "is unfortunately a regime that does not meet the Venezuelan, the only answer is persecution, repression, "he said outside the door of the legislative palace.

The opposition leader was preparing to lead a session during which the Assembly will debate the legal framework necessary for the formation of a transitional government and the call to "free elections", which Maduro denounces under the scenario of the coup led by the United States.

Saab, meanwhile, justified the decisions of the prosecutor's office by the self-proclamation of Guaidó, who "practically carried out an action (…) to the detriment of the Venezuelan homeland", with the aggravating circumstance that this first act pushed foreign countries to demand "extremely serious measures altering Venezuela's constitutional order", including the confiscation of their accounts.

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