Caracas, (EFE) of a minister and the arrests of two judges, a mayor and a head of institution.
The president has underlined his “absolute decision to go to the root” of these plots, which, he assured, are embedded in the political, judicial and economic apparatus, for which he asked to apply “exemplary punishment” to those involved in the corrupt them, some of them already caught “red-handed.”
Although Maduro speaks of “important businessmen”, heads of State institutions, deputies and hierarchs of various kinds involved, so far only the resignation of the head of Oil, Tareck El Aissami, and the four detainees, including the chief of the Superintendence of Cryptoactives, Joselit Ramírez, the highest official apprehended.
To this is added a statement released this Tuesday by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) in which it reports that “some military professionals” who performed duties in the state oil company PDVSA also violated the legal system, again without specifying the number of those indicated. neither their identities nor ranks.
Nineteen officials arrested
The Venezuelan authorities have arrested 19 senior officials in the framework of the actions of the Executive of Nicolás Maduro in his “fight against any act related to corruption,” the president of the National Assembly (AN/Parliament), Jorge Rodríguez, reported on Tuesday. .
“There are 19 detainees so far and I’m sure more are coming,” said the parliamentarian during the plenary discussion of a draft agreement in support of the “investigation and fight” against corruption undertaken by the Government.
On the other hand, the National Assembly of Venezuela (AN, Parliament), with an overwhelming pro-government majority, lifted the immunity of Chavista deputy Hugbel Roa, arrested last weekend, so that he can be subjected to a trial for corruption in ordinary courts.
The measure was approved by more than two thirds of the Legislature, the constitutional requirement for this procedure, in response to a communication from the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in which it was informed of the beginning of a judicial process against Roa, former minister of University Education, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office.