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2019-01-07 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa flees to US

[BBC] Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa has fled to the US to protest over President Nicolás Maduro's second term in office.

Last year's election "was not free and competitive", the former Maduro loyalist told a Florida radio station.
Just what we needed, more lawyers.
And he accused President Maduro of systematically manipulating the affairs of the Supreme Court.

In response, the court said Mr Zerpa was fleeing allegations of sexual harassment.

Opposition parties boycotted the 2018 vote, calling it a sham.

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I believe everyone on the planet was already aware of this.
Mr Zerpa had been a crucial ally for Mr Maduro on the court, writing a key legal opinion in 2016 justifying the president's decision to strip congress of its powers.

His ruling Socialist party had lost control of the legislature to the opposition in a landslide vote earlier that year.

But in an interview with Miami broadcaster EVTV on Sunday, Mr Zerpa called the Supreme Court "an appendage of the executive branch", saying the president would tell justices how to rule on certain cases.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-07 00:47|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 That's it! No more Venezuelan Supreme Court judges until we can work out a one-for-one trade.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-07 00:52|| 2019-01-07 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Zerpa zerpa

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-07 00:53|| 2019-01-07 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 was fleeing allegations of sexual harassment.

The MSM & globalist go-to smear these days. Expect the parade of young girl victims any day now.

Posted by AlanC 2019-01-07 09:52|| 2019-01-07 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 From Instaprof -

Zerpa was for years a crucial ally of Maduro on the Supreme Court, which has backed the ruling Socialist Party in every major legal dispute since Maduro’s 2013 election.

He wrote a 2016 ruling that provided the legal justification for Maduro’s government to strip congress of most of its powers after the Socialist Party lost control of the body to the opposition in a landslide election.

This is more like a Trotsky 'vacation' than an awakening.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-07 12:57|| 2019-01-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Trying to outrun the gallows

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-01-07 19:10|| 2019-01-07 19:10|| Front Page Top

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