US Backs Plan to Renew Venezuelan Courts and Elections Before Mid-December
Venezuela's 2015 National Assembly leader supports Rubio's roadmap for an independent Supreme Court and technical electoral council ahead of presidential polls.
KEY POINTS
- Dinorah Figuera supports Marco Rubio's democratic transition roadmap for Venezuela
- The plan calls for an independent Supreme Court and a technical electoral council
- New Supreme Court magistrates may assume office by mid-December
- Institutional changes must come before any declaration of presidential vacancy
- Rubio demands a free press and an administrative electoral body for credible elections
Dinorah Figuera, president of the National Assembly elected in 2015, publicly backed the democratic transition roadmap presented by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Figuera thanked the United States for its support and said the dialogue-table sectors remain committed to meeting the roadmap's deadlines.
“There are three things that are needed for an election to work in Venezuela: a new Supreme Court, a new administrative, not political, Electoral Council, and a free and open press.”
She said the plan would create an independent Supreme Court of Justice to administer the judicial system and a technical National Electoral Council to guarantee transparent elections.
Rubio announced the roadmap during the G7 foreign ministers' summit in Paris and said new Supreme Court magistrates could take office by mid-December.
The US official stated that judicial and electoral changes must precede any formal declaration of presidential vacancy.
Rubio also listed three conditions for credible elections: a new Supreme Court, an administrative rather than political electoral council, and a free and open press.
He did not specify the legal mechanisms for appointing the new authorities or set a final date to complete the procedures.
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