The opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated this Friday that the decision of the Government of Nicholas Maduro to suspend the work of the office Human rights from HIM in Venezuela It is “dangerous”, at a time when – he assured – there is “a wave of repression” by the authorities, to “prevent free and transparent presidential elections”, which are scheduled for this year on a date yet to be defined.
Machado, chosen as a presidential candidate by the majority opposition, but disqualified by the State from running, said that the suspension of said office, coupled with the expulsion from the country of 13 of its officials, is “a new arbitrariness” that ” “makes it difficult to access truthful information, support for civil society, and the defense and protection of victims.”
In a statement released this Friday in “expressed exemplarily in recent months.”
With the departure of the Human Rights office, she insisted, the risk of this change being prevented “increases,” despite which she said she was willing to organize the country, with the support of her team, “for the elections.” free events that must take place this year.
He stressed that it will depend on the international community whether the elections can be carried out “with protection and accompaniment”, or without this support, “with the implications and costs that this may entail.”
In this sense, Machado made a special call to Latin American governments to “raise their claim” and demand the permanence of the UN office.
After the suspension, which occurred this Thursday, the opposition, NGOs, international organizations and various governments rejected the decision of the Executive, which justified the fact by considering that the institution has developed “an improper role” by acting with partiality and acting as the “private law firm of coup plotters and terrorist groups that permanently conspire against the country.”
According to the chancellor Yvan Gilthe office has maintained a “clearly biased and partial stance, constantly seeking impunity for people involved in various assassination attempts, coups d’état, conspiracies and other serious attacks against sovereignty and the Constitution.”
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, through its website, that it will continue its work of technical assistance, monitoring and reporting, to credibly assess the human rights situation and challenges from the ground. ». EFE (I)
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