The affirmation was made by constituent Elvis Amoroso, about the decision adopted by the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) on Wednesday, to revoke the parliamentary immunity to deputies Juan Requesens and Julio Borges, for their participation in the assassination attempt against the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro.
Immunity is a privilege granted to members of the legislative body and other public officials. This figure is contemplated in the Constitution of the Republic since 1811, however, the parliamentary jurisdiction cannot be used “to commit misdeeds, assassinations, trafficking in drugs or any type of crime in Venezuela or in any other part of the world.”
During an interview on the private TV station Globovisión, the vice-president of the ANC explained that the measure of lifting parliamentary immunity proceeds through the Attorney General’s Office “whenever a criminal act is presumed”.
The Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, presented before the Supreme Court of Justice the evidence linking deputies Juan Requesens and Julio Borges with the attack perpetrated last August 4 on the Bolivar Avenue in the city of Caracas. This last body asked the ANC to lift their parliamentary immunity.
Amoroso clarified that once the parliamentary immunity was revoked and the decision sent to the TSJ, the trial against Requesens and Borges will begin.
