The Commission for Truth, Justice, Peace and Public Tranquility of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), is sitting this Monday in the city of Barquisimeto, Lara state, to discuss with organized people the cases of political violence that occurred in this entity.
In the installation of this activity, the president of the ANC, Delcy Rodríguez, recalled that the aforementioned commission has as its fundamental objective to face, reduce and overcome violence due to political reasons, hatred and intolerance, as well as to do justice and respond to the relatives of the victims of the events derived from political violence.
In that sense, the head of the commission mentioned that for these purposes «we expect the Venezuelan opposition, responsible for these acts of violence, to join the Truth Commission,» adding that there are «three seats assigned to the Venezuelan right wing, for the Venezuelan opposition, so they can be part of this process of this work, so that the truth is determined. »
Rodríguez said that, regarding the last acts of violence to which the people of Venezuela was subjected for about 120 days, since the beginning of last April, it is necessary, through the commission, to answer the following questions in order to find the truth: What motivated the acts of violence for political purposes in Venezuela?, Who were responsible?, Who called for these violent acts? and What were the consequences of these events?
In her speech, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión, she indicated that in this way, in addition to finding the truth, important steps will be taken to determine the justice of those who committed these violent acts, which left a balance of more than 100 deaths, between April and July this year.
«The idea is that in Venezuela, is definitely consolidated peace, tranquility and go to a process of reunion, and to know that the other, however different, does not deserve death and that death is not justified under any circumstances» , she stressed, while recalling that the majority of the Venezuelan people expressed this in the elections on July 30, when, also -she added-, «was sent a clear message so that we have the right to resolve our differences without any kind of interference or external meddling».
In the discussion, which is carried out at the facilities of the Flor de Venezuela in Barquisimeto, the ANC president that other issues to be addressed in these meetings is the draft Constitutional Law against Hate, Intolerance and for Peaceful Coexistence , which is currently in a phase of public consultation, which is installed in Lara state since Monday to discuss its scope.
The importance of this law «is that it is a powerful instrument whose objective is the defense of peace, of peaceful coexistence, and that is why it is an instrument in the hands of the people of Venezuela.»
