By Luis Manuel Aguana
Intervention
at the Pio Tamayo Cathedra on Monday 25 February 2019: What happened on 23F? What's next?
My thanks to the Pio Tamayo Cathedra and to Professor Agustín Blanco
Muñoz for their kind invitation to analyze the country again. The serious
events of February 23 at the sites of entry of Humanitarian Aid, especially in
Santa Elena de Uairén and the border with Cúcuta that left dozens dead,
hundreds injured and destruction of trucks of food and medicine by the
intervention live and direct malandros of the regime, which were sent as the
first advance of the penalties and collectives, moved especially from the four
cardinal points of the country, is the faithful demonstration of what is
happening in Venezuela for years and that for the first time is shown in all
its magnitude before the eyes of the civilized world.
At this moment, the border cities of Ureña, San Antonio and the towns of
the Palotal-Tienditas axis, which joins both cities, are under the control of
the paramilitary hordes of the ELN and criminals removed from the prisons by
the regime, with absolutely no control of the National Guard, Army or National
Police. The government through its envoys Freddy Bernal, Iris Valera, Pedro
Carreño, among others, are in charge of this operation. A Center for Medical
Specialties where the wounded were treated as a result of the protest against
the passage of humanitarian aid was evicted by these irregulars threatening the
medical personnel with death. These hordes of criminals are disguised by the
regime of National Guards and shoot at the houses of the inhabitants of Santa
Elena de Uairén.
The civilian population of Venezuela is completely unprotected against such
barbarity backed by the regime of Nicolas Maduro, as a way to stay in power,
where they give weapons to criminals in order to support this dictatorship.
That is why these irregulars do theirs in the border cities waiting for any
armed intervention from abroad. We are not talking about a few, there are
hundreds of them. And this is already completely corroborated by the presence
of the Minister of Penitentiary Affairs, Iris Varela, accompanying the armed
collectives in Ureña (see video in https://twitter.com/NTN24ve/status/1099828824475201537) as reported by a
renowned international news network.
The world is shocked to see the Venezuelan drama so crudely exposed. It
is normal for us to see what happened there, but for the international press
that witnessed the destruction and aggression of these irregulars live from
Cúcuta, they are now perfectly aware of our tragedy. Faced with this situation,
the question of the Pio Tamayo Cathedra is pertinent: What's next?
Despite the statements made by Deputy Miguel Pizarro, who serves as
Humanitarian Aid Coordinator on behalf of the National Assembly, to the effect
that "There is no provision for a president in exile". (see in
Spanish http://versionfinal.com.ve/politica-dinero/pizarro-no-esta-previsto-un-presidente-en-el-exilio-guaido-regresa-a-venezuela/). Unfortunately,
things in politics are not what one wants but what realities impose. As of
today, the opposition must consider a scenario in which President Juan Guaidó
cannot return to the country. There are many reasons to support this assertion,
beginning with his treatment as Head of State by Colombia during his stay with
the consequent and foreseeable retaliation of the regime.
After Guaidó's meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duque and OAS
Secretary General Luis Almagro in Colombian territory and his meeting with the
chancellors of the Lima Group in Bogotá, with the participation of U.S. Vice
President Mike Pence, I very much doubt that the regime will not unleash a
persecution for any reason against President Encargado.
Already the machinery of the regime began in the General Comptroller's
Office of the Republic, accusing Guaido of having falsified information about
his patrimony. Also "At the request
of the Attorney General gave the green light to the Supreme Court of Justice
(TSJ) and although so far has not been given the order for his arrest, the
chavismo has indicated that he should go to prison" (see news in https://www.france24.com/es/20190211-contraloria-venezolana-juan-guaido-patrimonio). Consequently, it
is not risky to say that they will wait for him at the border to stop him for
any reason, so his return must be backed by a force far beyond the simple
desire to carry out a Transitional Government.
If Juan Guaidó is unable to enter Venezuela, the case of a President
legitimately appointed in the country who is criminalized and persecuted by the
usurper regime will necessarily be taking shape. The first thing that should be
finished is that straitjacket called the Law of the Statute of the Transition
that seizes the constitutional attributions of the President of the Republic
and subrogates them to the parties of the National Assembly. Juan Guaidó must
then be formally sworn in by the legitimate Supreme Court of Justice in exile,
as Constitutional President of the Republic in charge, being able to make
decisions such as the appointment of a Military High Command and a Minister of
Defense who will propose the different alternatives and interact with his
military counterparts of the continent, to put an end to the usurpation of
Nicolás Maduro and his gang of criminals who whip the country.
The National Assembly, for its part, should be approving without delay
the activation of Article 187.11 of the Constitution, to authorize the use of
an international peacekeeping force in the event of persistent blockade of the
distribution of humanitarian aid within the framework of the Responsibility to
Protect (R2P) of the International Community in aid of Venezuelans (see The R2P or why
humanitarian aid can enter Venezuela, en http://ticsddhh.blogspot.com/p/the-r2p-or-why-humanitarian-aid-can.html).
When we
apply to the legitimate Supreme Court of Justice for the urgent appointment of
a National Emergency Government in June 2018 (see complete application in https://tinyurl.com/y7x87ldb), what was it that
we were actually requesting? We said it months ago (see Beyond a National
Emergency Government, in http://ticsddhh.blogspot.com/p/beyond-national-emergency-government.html): A political
representation that coordinates actions and that is the epicenter of all
national and international attention in order to fight against the
dictatorship. The traditional political factors would not be eliminated but
reoriented and focused in favor of a coordinated struggle by a government
group, whose supreme interest is to get us out of this serious problem, with
the greatness that only statesmen can give, away from all political pettiness
and aspirations of power, using for that all the help they can provide inside
and outside Venezuela. Was it too much to ask? Well, we want to believe that
with Guaidó we already have it.
If the usurper does not let Juan Guaidó into Venezuela
by putting the President in exile, he would be giving us the opportunity to
organize that legitimate political representation coordinating a force with
that epicenter from outside. In fact, that is happening now. Venezuela has
already accepted Guaidó's leadership to carry out these actions with the
International Community. With his investiture and recognition as President of
Venezuela by more than 60 countries, what we would be left to hope for without
despair is liberation from outside. Maduro's defense on February 23 was not the
defense of the military but of a very large gang of murderers and looters who
have terrified Venezuelan society and the military does not want to act to
defend us. Venezuela cannot wait any longer for a continental police to put an
end to that...
Thank you very
much...
Caracas,
February 25, 2019
Email: luismanuel.aguana@gmail.com
Twitter:@laguana
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