Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, celebrated this Wednesday the “first step” in the dialogue process between Chavismo and a sector of the opposition, which closed its first cycle with the agreement to renew the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) and the recovery of assets deposited in the Bank of England.
“I trust that this process will contribute to building a path for better democratic coexistence among the different political sectors of the country and that it will translate into concrete benefits for Venezuelans,” the president noted in a message published on Telegram.
Likewise, he called on all political forces to join this process, “always putting the well-being, peace, stability, and development of Venezuela first.”
The first agreement of the dialogue table
The delegations, led by the President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, and the former opposition deputy Dinorah Figuera, concluded this Wednesday the first cycle of dialogue that began on August 6, in Caracas.
In this first agreement, they agreed to renew all the magistrates of the TSJ, accused of serving the Government, with a new nomination process.
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This announcement signifies the restart of the plan that the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) had undertaken last May to replace a portion of the magistrates following a reform of the Organic Law of the TSJ, which increased the number of members of the highest court from 20 to 32.
The other agreement reached by the delegations is to recover the country’s assets deposited in the Bank of England, for the care of the victims of the double earthquake on June 24th.
Likewise, they agreed to establish mechanisms for transparency, traceability, and auditing in the efficient use of these resources, “to guarantee the well-being of all those affected.”
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Machado and González did not participate in the negotiations
Venezuela suffered two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that left at least 6,301 dead, nearly 18,000 people homeless, and material damages that the World Bank estimates at 19.6 billion dollars.
Chavismo and an opposition sector inaugurated the first cycle of negotiations with an eye on a transition, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. troops last January.
The process, supported by the United States, does not include the participation of opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia.
The United States has expressed its “satisfaction” with the start of the dialogue and stated that it “contributes significantly to the three-phase plan” established by Washington to achieve a “transition to democratic elections.”
