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December 11, 2018 22:52
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Updated on December 11, 2018 at 22:53
The Venezuelan Parliament, which has an opposition majority, on Tuesday called on the signatories to the Rome Statute (more than 123) to join the initiative of six American nations that have applied to the International Criminal Court. (ICC) to investigate alleged crimes against humanity. in Venezuela since 2014.
During a debate to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Parliament approved recognition of the progress made by the Venezuelan case before the ICC and urged the signatory countries of the Rome Statute to join the initiative of these countries. who promptly requested the ICC Prosecutor's Office.
The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has received numerous complaints of crimes against humanity in Venezuela, including those presented by Argentina, Colombia, Canada, Chile, Paraguay and Peru. He said earlier this month that the preliminary review of the Caribbean country was underway. objective to formulate conclusions within a reasonable time.
During the debate that took place on Tuesday in the legislature and to which, as usual, only the opposition took part, it was also authorized to ask the international community to pay immediate attention to the humanitarian catastrophe. economic, political and social situation that Venezuela faces in order to solve it. by constitutional mechanisms.
It was noted that in Venezuela, respect for human rights was not guaranteed because it lacked medicines, foodstuffs; as well as politicians, dissidents of the army and government imprisoned, exiled and persecuted.
"There are 402 political prisoners in Venezuela today and many of them have nothing to do with the world of leadership (opposition), some are prisoners just for writing on Twitter" said the MP and chairman of the House Committee during the debate. , Delsa Solórzano.
Defense Committee President Edgar Zambrano said 158 of the 402 political prisoners are military and they are also subjected to white torture.
"It's the moral, psychological, ethical breakdown that is suffering the consequences of those tortures that, in the former Soviet Union and in the present" island of happiness, "call white torture or soft torture. "he continued.
Therefore, Parliament has also agreed to ask the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to speed up her visit to Venezuela as soon as possible, asking for this to be done in her country. an institutional and impartial framework.
The legislature also thanked the United Nations (UN), the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union, the Church, NGOs and the accredited diplomatic corps in the country for the And concern about serious violations of human rights in Venezuela.
Finally, he called on all sectors of the country to organize and coordinate actions aimed at saving democratic institutions and the constitutional thread.
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