In the United States, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Venezuela denounces the new mandate of Maduro | World

The defection of Christian Zerpa was revealed Sunday by the court, which did not specify the country in which the judge had fled. Zerpa resigned under growing international pressure on Maduro, a few days before the resumption of the Venezuelan president 's duties, as a result of an opposition process rejected by the opposition and several countries.

In an interview with the Miami-based TV channel EVTV, Zerpa said that Maduro was re-elected in a vote that was neither free nor legal.

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in one way or another, the government of Nicolás Maduro, "said Zerpa in an interview.

" I consider that President Nicolás Maduro does not not deserve a second chance because the election he was elected to was not a free election, it was not a competitive election, "he added.

The Venezuelan government confirmed on Friday that Maduro would take up his second term and take office on January 10 before the Supreme Court of Justice, not Congress.Zerpa should attend this ceremony.

Zerpa, a former judge, makes the case. the subject of an investigation since 2018 for "badual harbadment, obscene acts and psychological violence," said Sunday the country's central court in a statement broadcast on social networks.

Zerpa said that he did not denounce the elections of May 20 Before that, he was in danger of being persecuted and arrested. He therefore waited to do so while he had already left Venezuela with his family.

For years, Zerpa has been a key figure in the Maduro government 's Supreme Court, which has supported the ruling Socialist Party in all legal disputes since the successor' s accession to power. Hugo Chávez.

The former judge said in the United States that there was no separation of powers in Venezuela and that some decisions were ordered directly from the government palace.

"The TSJ does not operate with any kind of independence and therefore constitutes an appendix of the executive," said Zerpa during his interview.