Venezuela: Foreign Affairs Committee Chair reiterates support for Juan Guaidó
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11. Juni 2020 In Aktuell, EN

Venezuela: Foreign Affairs Committee Chair reiterates support for Juan Guaidó

David McAllister condemns “the recent attack on Venezuela’s National Assembly”, the last remaining democratic institution in the country.

Following the meeting with Armando Armas, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Venezuelan National Assembly, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs David McAllister (EPP, DE) said:

“I strongly condemn the illegitimate Maduro regime’s most recent attack on the last remaining democratic institution in the country, the National Assembly and its President. I reiterate the full support for Juan Guaidó as President of the National Assembly and interim President of Venezuela.

The decision of Venezuela’s Supreme Court to ratify Luis Parra as President of the National Assembly is appalling. The voting session that recently led to the so-called „election“ of Mr Parra as new National Assembly President was not legitimate. It respected neither legal procedure nor democratic constitutional principles.

The Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor’s appeal to the Supreme Court to determine whether the political party “Voluntad Popular” is a terrorist organisation is scandalous and not helpful in finding a sustainable way out of Venezuela’s crisis.”

Background

Venezuela’s Supreme Court approved Luis Parra as the new President of the Venezuelan National Assembly on 26 May. The EU considers the election of Luis Parra to be illegitimate.

At the beginning of 2019, Mr Guaidó, in his capacity as parliamentary speaker at the time, declared himself Venezuela’s interim President, after disputing the 2018 re-election of incumbent authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro. The country has been in political turmoil ever since. For the last year and a half, the European Parliament has issued several resolutions condemning the Maduro regime, recognising Juan Guaidó as President of the National Assembly and interim President of Venezuela.