The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurodeclared this Monday that he hoped that the anti-Chavista leader Maria Corina Machado and “corrupt opposition” are “captured” and “pursued” for the “theft” of Citgo, the subsidiary of the US-based state oil company PDVSA, which faces seizure for non-payment .
In his weekly show ‘Con Maduro +’, broadcast on the national channel VTVthe president assured that this “blatant theft” had been carried out, with Machado, by the former president of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament). Juan Guaido and for Leopoldo Lopezfounder of the opposition party Popular Will.
Likewise, he said that the current AN – controlled by Chavismo – “played a leading role” in the preparation of a report in which 351 people would be linked to the “theft” of Citgo, among them 95 former opposition MPs, according to reports. Efe.
Last Friday, the Attorney General, Tarek William Saabreported the opening of an investigation into this matter after receiving the Parliament’s report from the first vice-president of the House, Pedro Infante, who assured that the documentation brings together “elements of evidence” which “demonstrate the implications that these actors have in the theft of the oil company.
Infante explained that the report consists of 19 documents, among them minutes of legislative sessions and agreements approved in 2019, when Guaidó proclaimed himself interim president and was recognized by around 60 countries.
Furthermore, submitted reports to the prosecution on ad hoc committees “illegally appointed” by Parliament in 2019when the anti-Chavista majority that controlled Parliament considered Maduro’s continuation as head of state illegitimate due to his controversial re-election in 2018.
