Venezuela's Interim Govt, Opposition Wrap First Round of Post-Maduro Talks
The sides agreed to pursue court reforms and seek access to frozen funds for earthquake recovery, with transparency rules for spending.
- The Venezuelan government and an opposition group concluded their first round of talks in Caracas, agreeing to restart the renewal process of the Supreme Court of Justice and to collaborate on recovering Venezuelan gold reserves held at the Bank of England.
- National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez and opposition leader Dinorah Figuera signed a joint communiqué after over six hours of discussions, with no questions taken from the press.
- The agreement cancels the Supreme Court renewal process started in May, opting instead to amend the court’s organic law, renew the judicial nominations committee, and establish a council to review candidates’ credentials.
- Both parties committed to retrieving approximately 31 tonnes of Venezuelan gold held in London to aid earthquake victims, including measures to ensure transparency and audit of fund use, with talks continuing through technical groups and a next meeting planned for mid-September.
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In Venezuela, the first round of dialogue between the government and part of the opposition concluded on Wednesday, August 12. Representatives of the Chavista regime and the opposition reached two points of agreement. The objective: to prepare for the political transition after more than a quarter of a century of Chavista rule.
Government and Opposition Want to Rescue Goods Abroad to Help Victims of the Earthquake in Venezuela
Rodriguez and (part of) opposition have agreed to renew all the Supreme Court judges and recover gold deposited at the Bank of England to help the victims of the earthquakes.
The negotiating table started off on a good footing. The first round of talks concluded this Wednesday with a record of punctuality and concrete results such as the thawing of the Venezuelan gold deposited in the Bank of England to deal with the seismic emergency and the appointment of a new Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ). The mixed commission, composed of the president of the National Assembly of 2015, Dinorah Figuera and on the other hand the …
Caracas. After a six-day negotiating day, the government and the opposition agreed on Wednesday to jointly conduct the process of renewal and reform of the judiciary.
Venezuela's government and opposition agree to renew the Supreme Court and claim the London gold
The government of acting president Delcy Rodríguez and a section of Venezuela's opposition closed the first round of negotiations in Caracas on Wednesday with two agreements: restarting from scratch the renewal of the Supreme Court of Justice, and acting jointly to recover Venezuelan gold reserves held at the Bank of England.
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