The president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, brother of the country’s interim dictator, Delcy Rodríguez, said this Thursday (8) that “a significant number” of political prisoners will be released today.
According to information from the website Efecto Cocuyo, the Chavista made the announcement in a speech at the Federal Legislative Palace and stated that in the next few hours people of “different nationalities” would be released, but did not detail how many there would be.
“Consider this gesture by the Bolivarian government, with its broad intention to seek peace, as the contribution that we must all make to ensure that our republic continues its peaceful life in search of prosperity”, declared Rodríguez, who did not use the term political prisoners, as Chavismo considers that there are no detainees for this reason in the country.
The president of the Venezuelan puppet Parliament suggested that the measure was not imposed by the United States, emphasizing that the releases are a “unilateral gesture” by the Venezuelan regime, with support from the AN.
In the announcement, Rodríguez thanked President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president of the Spanish government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Qatar, stating that they “promptly responded to the appeal” of dictator Delcy Rodríguez.
“They have always stood by the people of Venezuela in defending their right to a full life, self-determination, independence and peace,” he said.
After the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro by American forces last weekend, United States President Donald Trump said that the El Helicoide prison, the Chavista regime’s best-known torture center, will soon be closed by Venezuela’s interim dictatorship.
The most recent bulletin from the NGO Foro Penal, released at the beginning of the week, indicated that there were 806 political prisoners in Venezuela.
