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Weekly Report - 11 June 2020 (WR-20-23)

VENEZUELA: Supreme court makes electoral intervention

If last week’s pandemic co-operation pact could be considered a step forward in the road towards a peaceful resolution of Venezuela’s political crisis [WR-20-22], the decision by the supreme court (TSJ) on 5 June to strip the opposition-led national assembly (AN) of responsibility for appointing a new electoral council (CNE) dragged the process two steps back. The opposition had not helped the situation by dragging its feet, demanding that a presidential contest be held this year in place of the scheduled legislative election, but the TSJ’s decision was likely influenced by Nicolás Maduro’s government, and all but ensures that these elections will fail to appease his international and domestic critics.

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