Opposition majority in Venezuela calls for the cessation of the “interim government” of Guaidó

An opposition majority requested this Wednesday the cessation of functions of the "interim government" of Juan Guaidó in Venezuela considering that, after four years of his self-proclamation, the mechanism was weakened without achieving the proposed objectives of political change.

"We are going to the country (…) to restore the validity of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the cessation of the functions of the interim government scheduled for next January 4"says a statement signed by 69 of the 112 opponents who supported Guaidó’s self-proclamation in 2019, when the opposition controlled Parliament.

I don’t know "it has achieved the expected liberation objectives and the country demands new paths that lead us towards democracy", continues the text of the group, made up of members of the largest opposition parties: Acción Democrática (AD), Primero Justicia (PJ) and Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT).

The petition arises one day before a session of the Parliament elected in 2015 is held, which defends its validity considering that the 2020 legislative elections, in which Chavismo triumphed, were fraudulent.

The session was called last weekend by Guaidó himself, who maintains that the "presidency in charge" is "essential" for him "ignorance of the regime" of Nicolás Maduro and that suppressing it "would open the doors to recognize the dictator".

"I can say with certainty that the constitutional mechanism (…) that we have defended has been useful to ignore the dictatorship and provide aid (…) protect assets, sustain this stage of democratic resistance"Guaidó said in a video broadcast on social networks in which he asked to wait for the results of the debate.

However, the group of opponents pointed out that the vast international support that Guaidó had in his proclamation in 2019 diminished.

The United States remains its main ally, but along the way it lost the support of countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Peru and, more recently, Colombia, with the arrival of the leftist Gustavo Petro to the presidency.

Maduro, on the other hand, always maintained control of power.

the figure of "interim government" It has created great fissures for months within the opposition, which, in fact, has already called for primaries in 2023 to choose a single candidate to face Maduro in the presidential elections scheduled for 2024.

The opposition group considers that the opposition should concentrate on achieving "free, fair and verifiable elections, the recovery of the standard of living of the population" and attention to humanitarian emergencies.