Venezuela's socialist-dominated parliament opened on 28 October an application process to renew membership of the country's supreme court, as part of a process overseen by the United States to depoliticize key institutions before a general election. State institutions including parliament were currently filled with regime loyalists though government and opposition politicians recently discussed the mechanics of revamping the supreme court and the national electoral body, to ensure future elections were fair. A selection committee of 12 opposition-aligned or civilian figures and 11 lawmakers would choose nine of all those applying to become magistrates, the website Infobae reported on 28 October. Applications could be made from 28 October to 11 November, with the committee set to make its choices by 11 December, it added. Applicants were expected to be Venezuelan nationals with a technical profile and no close family ties or associations with regime officials. A body of seven jurists, four of whom were described as opposition-aligned, would supervise the process. Separately on 27 October, the prominent regime opponent María Corina Machado met with relatives of political detainees and members of opposition parties other than her own, Vente Venezuela, Colombia's NTN24 reported. This was her first public engagement since returning from exile.
No comments:
Post a Comment