The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela delivered a note of protest to the Government of the Republic of Colombia for the events that took place at the headquarters of the Congress of the neighboring country, on April 3, where a group of usurping lawyers participated in a simulation of public acts that are the exclusive competence of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The note of protest was delivered by the Deputy Minister for Latin America of the Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Alexander Yánez, to the Chargé d’Affaires of Colombia, Germán Castañeda, during a meeting that took place at the Casa Amarilla, headquarters of the Venezuelan chancellery.
In this sense, the Bolivarian Government described these actions as a farce of bad taste and a flagrant violation of the constitutional rules established by the public powers of each State, which are subject to their own constitutional order.
The aforementioned document also establishes that the behavior of the high-ranking Colombian officials involved violate fundamental principles of International Law; rectors of relations between States, such as those of sovereignty, free choice of political, economic and social system, non-interference in the affairs of other countries, good neighborliness and fair diplomatic correspondence; but they commit a serious lack of respect for Colombia’s own national dignity, constituting an offense defined in the Colombian Penal Code.
Likewise, Venezuela demands that the Colombian State proceed to establish the corresponding administrative and criminal responsibilities, with the purpose of ensuring compliance with both its own legality and international standards, as well as holding administrative and criminal responsibility to those involved.
