COPEI expresses its full support for Venezuela's exit from the ICC

Published at: 10/12/2025 05:25 PM

The general secretary of the green awning, Juan Carlos Alvarado, reported that the Independent Electoral Political Organization Committee (COPEI) expresses its support for the decision that Venezuela should withdraw from the Rome Statute, the instrument that gave rise to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

During a press conference, Alvarado indicated that they will “accompany and we will support the necessary search to get out of this International Criminal Court, which has left no benefit to our Venezuela and which has served to seek a shield simply in terms of human rights.”

Then, it was asked: “But what human rights? If the main violators of human rights are not part of the International Criminal Court and attack Venezuela.”

The leader of the green awning assured that the ICC has acted in an unbalanced way and has become “simply like a lobby of an international law firm for States and governments that do not make common cause with those who today seek to impart justice.”

Alvarado referred to the debate over Venezuela's withdrawal from the Rome Statute, which is being discussed in the National Assembly, and the repeal of the accession law in force since 2002 was unanimously approved in its first discussion.

“We are going to accompany and support this decision because the Court has done nothing for the citizens of our Venezuela, where a fundamental human right, such as access to their own resources, is being violated,” he said.

In this context, he referred to the impact generated by the measure of blockades and international sanctions against our country, causing negative effects on the productivity and purchasing power of Venezuelans.

“The main human rights violators are part of the International Criminal Court and have been attacking Venezuela since the beginning of the sanctions,” he emphasized.

Alvarado, asserted that his party expects that Venezuela's exit from this instance will take place through the corresponding legal mechanisms, as was the case at the time with the Organization of American States (OAS).

“The country deserves us to act of vindication and coherence, especially in the responsibility of being in organs that do not benefit Venezuela at all,” he said.

Mazo News Team