The regime of Nicolás Maduro has withdrawn the immunity to seven politicians of the opposition

The Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, paved the way for the arrest of seven opposition politicians for their alleged involvement in last week's failed military uprising. The politicians publicly supported Juan Guaidó, with more than 20 soldiers who broke ranks on April 30, when they appeared in front of an air base in Caracas to urge the armed forces to overthrow the autocrat. power.

The insurgency failed a few hours later, when the main army of the army ignored the call and the security forces still loyal to the regime regained control of the streets of the capital city.

Venezuelan law grants defendants politicians judicial immunity because they are members of the National Assembly, the institution led by Guaidó. But Maduro created the so-called Constituent Assembly to bypbad this legislature, a politically omnipotent body composed mainly of personalities loyal to the Socialist Party. On Tuesday, he unanimously voted in favor of the recommendation of Venezuela's highest court, made up mostly of Maduro loyalists, to deprive politicians of the necessary immunity to prosecution.

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Diosdado Cabello, president of the Constituent Assembly, said in the vote that they had not managed to create cracks in the army. Among the defendants are the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Edgar Zambrano, the former Speaker of Parliament, Henry Ramos Allup, as well as politicians Luis Florido, Richard Blanco, Mariela Magallanes, Jose Simón Calzadilla and Américo De Grazia. Cabello said three other politicians were currently under investigation.

Maduro said his opponents had attempted to commit a coup and were investigating politicians on charges of treason, rebellion and criminal intent. Guaidó, whom the United States and 50 other nations consider as the legitimate leader of the state of Venezuela, says that he and his allies are trying to restore the rule of law in a country devastated by the country. Hyperinflation, hunger and endemic corruption.

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