There are plenty of reasons to disqualify María Corina Machado! 15 years old know a little

Published at: 02/02/2024 04:47 PM

He has asked that his country be bombed, that they sanction it, that their income and accounts abroad be blocked, that the arrival of medicines for the population be prevented; and these are just some of the reasons why the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), in March 2014, issued a ruling disqualifying María Corina Machado Parisca from holding public office for a lapse of 15 years and be classified as a traitor to the Fatherland.

With the intention of being rigorous with information, the Academy of International Legislation defines that treason of the Fatherland “is a crime that basically consists of collaborating with a foreign power or with an enemy actor to attack your own country, either through espionage, sabotage or attempted assassination of the President and government representatives , or with any action that undermines or threatens the security and stability of that nation”.

In addition, when we review some of the world's criminal codes, we verify that they establish treason against the Fatherland in their domestic laws and impose higher sentences for this type of transgression; for example, in the United States it is considered a federal crime and it is assumed that “whoever wages war against that country or adheres to its enemies, providing them with help or comfort, can receive a minimum prison sentence of 20 years and even the death penalty”. In Spain it is punishable by imprisonment of between 12 and 20 years, in Germany between 10 years and life imprisonment, while in France, the penalty can reach up to 30 years, in England this Act was approved by the English Parliament in 1842, after two men tried to kill Queen Victoria and reached a sentence of life imprisonment and hanging.

To give an example of the causes of the application of the law on the crime of treason, let's see how the Constitution of the United States considers the following elements of treason:

• To end the war against the United States means to actively take up arms against the United States government or military to overthrow it.
• Adhering to America's enemies means providing help and comfort to a country or organization at war with this nation.
• Providing aid and comfort to America's enemies means providing financial, logistical, or other support to a country or organization at war.

Venezuelan Legislation

In our country, the Criminal Code enacted on October 20, 2000, is very detailed in its application and establishes penalties of between 20 and 30 years for anyone who conspires with a foreign nation against the country's territorial integrity or against its institutions. Thus, to name a few of his articles, we have:

Article 128 . Anyone who, in accordance with a foreign country or republic, foreign enemies, terrorist, paramilitary, insurgent or subversive groups or associations, conspires against the integrity of the homeland or against its republican institutions, or harasses them by any means for any of these purposes, shall be punished with imprisonment of twenty to thirty years.

Sole Paragraph : Those who are involved in any of the cases expressed will not have the right to enjoy the procedural benefits of the law or to the application of alternative measures to serve the sentence.

Article 129 . Anyone who, inside or outside of Venezuela, without complicity with another nation, acts alone against the independence or integrity of the geographical space of the Republic, will be punished with imprisonment of twenty to twenty-six years.

Anyone who requests, manages or impedes, in any way, the intervention of a foreign Government to overthrow the Venezuelan government will be punished with the same penalty.

Article 131 . Anyone who, inside or outside the national territory, and at the same time that Venezuela is under threat of foreign war, directly or indirectly favors, facilitates or helps, through internal revolts, or through acts of disturbance of public order, the aims, plans or purposes of foreign enemies and does not depart from those revolts, or retreat from such acts at the first summons of public authority or by his own spontaneous deliberation, shall be punished with imprisonment for twelve to twenty-four years.

Article 132 . Anyone who, inside or outside the national territory, conspires to destroy the republican political form given to the nation will be punished with imprisonment for eight to sixteen years.

The same penalty will be incurred by a Venezuelan who requests foreign intervention in matters of Venezuela's internal politics, or asks for its assistance to upset the peace of the Republic or who, before its officials, or through publications published in the foreign press, incite civil war in the Republic or defame its President or insult the diplomatic representative or consular officials of Venezuela, by reason of their functions, in the country where it is committed the fact.

Article 140 . The Venezuelan or foreigner resident in the country, who directly or indirectly provides terrorist, paramilitary, insurgent or subversive groups or associations to the foreign country or republic, to shelter, protect, hand over or receive from them a sum of money.

In fact, in the decision taken by the Supreme Court, it is detailed in judgment No. 00005, file No. 2023-0461, referring to a precautionary measure requested by Machado for the “alleged material actions carried out by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic”. This was written by journalist Víctor Lara in the newspaper Ultima Noticias and also explained that the sentence states that “the leader of the organization Vente Venezuela was a participant in the corruption scheme orchestrated by the usurper Juan Guaidó, leader of Popular Will who, supported by the United States and some Western countries, proclaimed himself president of Venezuela”.

In addition, the journalist summarized the seven reasons reviewed by the Supreme Court for his disqualification in this way:

• He ventured into the facts and participated in the corruption scheme orchestrated by the usurper Juan Guaidó, who promoted the criminal blockade of Venezuela.
• For the shameless dispossession of the companies and wealth of the Venezuelan people abroad. Among them: CITGO Holding, INC and CITGO Petroleum Corporation, which caused 32.5 billion dollars in property damage.
• The dispossession of the Colombian-Venezuelan company Monómeros, which was bankrupt
• The retention of 31 tons of gold in England.
• The freezing of $4 billion in the international financial system.
• The request for sanctions that prevented the purchase of drugs for 60,000 patients with HIV.
• He accepted the position of representative of Panama to the Organization of American States (OAS).

Although only these actions were taken into account for her disqualification, Mrs. Machado has other crimes to her credit in which she qualifies as a traitor to the Fatherland and we can then recall some of them:

1. · In 2002, Machado founded Súmate, a Non-Governmental Organization ( NGO) whose purpose was to promote “ electoral transparency” and was used to receive funding to carry out destabilization actions in the country.
2. · On April 12 of that same year, the leader was one of the 400 people who signed the Constitution Act of the Government of Democratic Transition and National Unity , better known as the Carmona Decree, a document with which the then president of Fedechambers, Pedro Carmona Estanga called himself President of the Republic and overthrew the Constitution of 1999 and all public powers, after a coup d'etat against President Hugo Chávez”.
3. · In 2004, the then Attorney General of the Republic, Isaías Rodríguez, demonstrated how Súmate received funding from the Fund for the Development of Democracy (NED), an organization linked to the State Intelligence Agency United (CIA), with the excuse of using it for “training workshops in electoral matters”, the Prosecutor demonstrated that the resources were diverted and used to carry out illegal activities, stating that “the large sum of dollars provided by the NED were used by the Súmate management to politically and electorally confront the President of the Republic, Hugo Chávez Frías”.
4. · On May 31 , 2005, María Corina Machado, while still president of this NGO, held a meeting with the then President of the United States, George W. Bush, at the White House, in which held talks on “the direction of democracy in Venezuela”.
5. · On February 12, 2014, Machado, together with the leader of Popular Will , Leopoldo López, led a violent plan called La Salida , which left a balance of 43 civilian citizens and members of the security forces murdered throughout the country; in most cases they were shot in the face for trying to remove the barricades.
6. · He repeatedly requested the activation of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) as a “peace force” that would have the purpose of overthrowing, by means of arms, the constitutional government of President Nicolás Maduro.
7. · It received funding from the US and support from former leaders considered enemies of the Fatherland, including Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who confessed in 2012 that he had a little time left to bomb the country, or José María Aznar, who participated in the coup against the president Hugo Chávez in 2012.

Currently, despite being aware of his notification of disqualification, he participated in an event held by part of the country's opposition sector, called Primary Elections, organized by Súmate, in which several leaders presented themselves as presidential candidates as the solution for the country, a solution that, in his words, involves ending Chavism and privatizing everything, including oil, such as The United States and the former president and candidate of that country, Donald Trump, want it.

Now, after the Supreme Court issued the ratification of Machado's disqualification , it stands as a politically persecuted one, ignoring the decisions that the country's institutions make regarding compliance with the law, it maintains the same position of conspiring against the Fatherland, even after the ratification of his disqualification, participating in meetings with international entities such as the Foreign Affairs Commissions of Italy and Chile on January 30, asking the United States and the European Union to reverse the sanctions they lifted at the end of the year and to add others that promote the collapse of citizens' lives and the surrender of the Government Bolivarian.

In addition, her agenda is scheduled for February 07 to participate in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States Congress, in order to denounce her disqualification as a presidential candidate and request more sanctions.

Finally, some opposition and Chavista leaders have asked that María Corina Machado and all those who participated in this plan to bankrupt Venezuela be tried for treason and remain disqualified from participating in the next presidential elections, as would happen to them in USA or in any European country.

AMELYREN BASABE/ DECK WRITING