The Venezuelan presidential decree is supposed to “help expand the number of politicians and voters participating in the parliamentary elections.”
According to the Correspondent, Minister of Communications and Information Jorge Rodriguez said that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree pardoning more than 100 opposition politicians.
“According to the text of the decree, its goal is” to promote national reconciliation and the achievement of peace. ” According to Rodriguez, Maduro’s decree should “help expand the number of politicians and voters participating in the parliamentary elections,” the statement said.
The list includes both politicians who have been detained and oppositionists who are under investigation, but at large. Some of them fled the country or are hiding in the embassies of other countries. A total of 23 members of the National Assembly were pardoned. One of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition, Leopoldo Lopez, is not on the list.