Venezuela: Guaidó's envoys to the UN ask for "punishment" for the crimes denounced by Bachelet's report

The envoys of Juan Guaidó, president in charge of Venezuela, to the UN have asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to create “an investigative commission to punish” those responsible for the violations included in her Recent report on Venezuela, Bachelet met this Monday in New York with the delegation sent by Guaidó to represent him at the annual meeting at the United Nations, to which he has chosen not to attend in person. Precisely, the former Chilean president has clarified this Monday that, for the UN, the “legitimate president” of Venezuela is Nicolás Maduro, not the opposition leader. “It is essential that an investigation commission be created to punish each of the complaints of the report you presented on Venezuela. We cannot allow more impunity, the crimes of the Maduro dictatorship must be judged, “said Julio Borges, the head of Guaidó’s foreign policy, as reported in a statement by the ’embassy’ in Washington. an “absolute consensus in the region” on the need for the so-called Bachelet report to contribute to the complaint filed last year by six countries -Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru- before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Venezuelan president for crimes against humanity, which is currently in the “preliminary examination” phase. For his part, Carlos Vecchio, Guaidó’s designated ‘ambassador’ to the United States, has explained to Bachelet the reasons why the latest attempt of dialogue between the opposition and the Government of Venezuela, which took place between May and August in Oslo and Barbados, was shipwrecked.”We made a sensible proposal,” but “it is impossible to negotiate with whoever does not want to,” he said. Guaidó revealed last week that he offered Maduro to create a transitional government from which neither of them would form part to guide the country to elections “real” presidential elections, with a renewed National Electoral Council (CNE) and “guarantees” for the candidates, to reactivate the economy and ensure that humanitarian aid enters the country. Bachelet has ratified the importance of the report prepared by his office and has advocated for “Reach agreements that contribute to curbing the suffering of Venezuelans,” according to the statement released by the Guaidó delegation.