Venezuela's Government and Opposition Agree on Appeal Process for Banned Candidates
The agreement, part of a broader deal focused on 2024 election conditions, allows appeals until December 15 and has led to some U.S. sanctions relief.
- Venezuela's government and a faction of the opposition have agreed on a process for banned presidential candidates to appeal their bans, with a deadline of December 15.
- The agreement is part of a broader deal signed in October between a U.S.-backed opposition group and the government of Nicolás Maduro, focusing on electoral conditions for the 2024 presidential election.
- The October agreement led to some sanctions relief in the oil, gas, and mining sectors, but the U.S. threatened to reverse some of the relief if a timeline and process to reinstate all candidates were not established by the end of November.
- Opposition leader and presidential candidate María Corina Machado, who won the opposition’s presidential primary with more than 90% of support, is among those affected by the ban.
- The agreement has been criticized for its lack of clarity and for the quasi-gag order it imposes on appellants, banning them from making 'offensive or disrespectful concepts against the institutions of the State' in their appeal and public statements.
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