Venezuelan Parliament approves trial against Nicolás Maduro: What’s Next?

[TomSea]

Venezuelan Parliament approves trial against Nicolás Maduro: What’s Next?
By Sabrina Martín

The Venezuelan National Assembly approved preliminary impeachment proceedings against Nicolás Maduro with 105 votes in favor (and 2 against), citing enough evidence linking him to acts of corruption regarding the Odebrecht scandal.

Although this is a step forward in the struggle against the dictatorship, there will not be immediate effects at a national level–the country’s legitimate Supreme Court (TSJ) is exiled in Bogotá, Colombia. Yet it will give further leverage to foreign governments to disavow Maduro as president of Venezuela; and if he is found guilty, he could be officially be labeled a criminal.

During Tuesday’s parliamentary session, the opposition congressmen denounced that the regime shut down the Internet to prevent live transmissions, while State Security forces prevented the media from entering the building.

Read more at: https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2018/04/17/venezuelan-parliament-approves-trial-against-nicolas-maduro-whats-next/

Get that! There legitimate court is exiled in Colombia.

[thackney]

Legitimate is quite a stretch description for this court.

First it was created in 1999 to replace the real supreme court.  Their National Assembly can revoke a Judge by simple majority so the party in power replaces everyone on the court that opposes them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-jurists/venezuela-supreme-court-has-staged-effective-coup-jurists-group-idUSKCN1BN14F?il=0

Venezuela’s Supreme Court to Temporarily Assume Role of National Assembly
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/13013
Mar 31st 2017

The country’s Supreme Court announced that it would temporarily assume the functions of the legislative branch until the body ceases to be “in contempt of court”.

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To be honest, it would appear none of the branches of the Venezuela Government are legitimate under many standards.