The National Assembly (AN) approved this Wednesday, in first discussion and unanimously, the Bill for the Integral Attention and Reparation of the Victims of Human Rights Violations.
Deputy Elvis Junior Hidrobo Pérez presented the proposal explaining that the law will guarantee human rights to all Venezuelans and will establish redress and compensation for those who have been violated in this regard. He recalled that Venezuela has been waging these struggles since the indigenous resistance, the battles for independence and the abolition of slavery. He indicated that with the embrace of Bolívar and Morillo, humanitarian law was born.
He pointed out that Venezuela has defended human rights since before the creation of the UN and is adhered to all international treaties concerning this matter, unlike countries like the United States which, despite criticizing, do not sign agreements of this nature. He pointed out that the law will once again reaffirm the commitment of the government of Nicolás Maduro in defending the rights of citizens, reflected in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (CRBV).
He recalled the human rights violations during the governments of Jaime Lusinchi, Carlos Andrés Pérez and Rafael Caldera, such as the massacres in El Amparo and the “Caracazo”. He reiterated that the law will compensate those affected without distinction of race, sex, creed or political ideology, for which he will create a fund to compensate damages, including psychological ones, which will be managed by the Executive Vice Presidency of the Republic.
He accused the sectors of the opposition for always calling for violence: “Such as Freddy Guevara, who made a call to burn people alive for thinking differently. Where were the governors and mayors when they burned people?. The opposition called for the placement of trip wires to cut the throats of motorists. May the Venezuelan people look at these comrades who, with their clean face as violators of human rights, now come to ask for votes”, he reflected.
For his part, the president of the AN, deputy Jorge Rodríguez, asked the bill to be consulted with the victims of the Fourth Republic, including himself, whose father was assassinated during the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez, when he was only 11 years old; as well as deputy Fernando Soto Rojas and the relatives of those massacred in Yumare and Cantaura.
