Venezuela Assembly’s ‘Truth Commission’ Is Ready to Hound Opponents
- The body ‘can try anyone,’ Maduro says; amnesty is unmentioned
- Judges and politicians are fleeing to exile and embassies
Venezuela Inches Closer to Dictatorship
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A Venezuelan assembly rewriting the nation’s constitution is intensifying a campaign of persecution that already has sent opposition politicians into hiding, exile and prison.
President Nicolas Maduro said the constituent assembly, which on Tuesday declared itself the nation’s supreme political authority, will strip legal immunity from the national assembly that has opposed him. Members of the so-called constituyente plan to establish a truth commission that will function more as a tribunal than a venue that offers amnesty in return for healing testimony.