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Corrupted Officials Won’t Restore Venezuela’s Institutions

The majority of Venezuelans want honorable officials who respect the Constitution to head the five branches of government.

By Antonia Muñoz (Efecto Cocuyo)

HAVANA TIMES – Jorge Rodríguez, President of the National Assembly (AN) and brother of the interim president, stated (more or less in these words) that he had no time to think about reorganizing the National Electoral Council (CNE) or the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) because he was too occupied with the tragedy caused by the earthquakes of June 24, 2026.

He also quipped, “If you know how to count, don’t count on me.” Likewise, with his usual cynicism, and speaking as though he were the greatest champion of the Venezuelan people, he implied that thinking about appointing a new CNE and TSJ at this moment would be like “insulting” Venezuelans who had directly suffered the consequences of the earthquake.

Anyone who doesn’t know him might believe him! If he truly cares so much about Venezuelans, why did the government that he, his sister, and others are usurping take more than 48 hours to arrive at the areas hardest hit by the earthquakes, and much longer to provide any meaningful assistance?

Such is the inefficiency of that group of usurpers that the government overseeing them arrived before they did! Were they waiting for orders from their US American bosses and their Marines before taking action? The President of the National Assembly is right about one thing: neither he nor his team can be counted on, because the majority of Venezuelans want the five branches of national government—the Executive, the National Assembly, the CNE, the TSJ, and the Citizen’s Branch—to be led by honorable, honest, balanced, tolerant officials who respect the Constitution and the nation’s laws. In other words, we want the public institutions—beginning with the CNE and the TSJ—to be headed by Venezuelans committed to justice, peace, and democracy.

That said, it is important for them to........

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