Venezuela needs a competent supreme court, truly independent political parties, the freedom of its political prisoners, and the restored trust of its people for a democratic transition to successfully take place, Dinorah Figuera, the leader of the opposition delegation negotiating that transition, told Breitbart News.
\n\nSpeaking in Spanish from Caracas, Figuera laid out a detailed process to rebuild all the institutions that over two decades of socialist chavismo had destroyed – all of them pivotal for the success of a free and fair election. She highlighted a lack of a functional judiciary, the long-term hijacking of political parties by the socialists, and a pervasive chilling effect that had left Venezuelans skeptical of elections in general as major priorities.
\n\nThe first step, she explained, was rebuilding the Supreme Court of Justice, removing chavista loyalists and coming up with names of competent legal minds that both sides could accept. She noted that the chilling effect meant that many viable candidates were “afraid of participating in a new Supreme Court of Justice,” but the last round of meetings resulted in a list of 64 names – 32 main justices and 32 substitutes – to take on the role. Additionally, the negotiators are working…
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