Fifth Training Day of the PSUV addresses legislative advances 2026

Published at: 16/04/2026 01:18 PM

With the participation of deputies of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the Fifth Training Day of the Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs of the Red Awning took place this Wednesday, a space aimed at consolidating legislative practice.

During his opening remarks, the Secretary of the Vice Presidency for Parliamentary Affairs of the PSUV and first vice-president of the National Assembly, Pedro Infante, highlighted the importance of discipline and method in these training meetings.

“This is the fifth day of training for the Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs. I want to greet the deputies and congratulate them for the punctuality and discipline that we have been able to build. For me, this type of instance is fundamental: having method and discipline,” he said.

Infante explained that this day differs from the previous ones because of its focus on the legislative agenda, highlighting the responsibility of parliamentarians in studying the laws approved. “Responsibly, it is our duty to know each and every one of the laws that have been passed. This day has that main objective, and I suggest that every time a law is approved, the Wednesday following the vote, we dedicate fifteen minutes to the legal instrument,” he said.

During the day, the president of the Commission for Monitoring the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence, Deputy Jorge Arreaza, contextualized the scope of this legal instrument based on a historical journey through the different processes of amnesty and political forgiveness in Venezuela.

He explained that these measures have been present since the beginning of the Republic, from 1810, through those of 1863, up to the Amnesty Law of 2026, emphasizing that each one responded to moments of conflict and the search for national reconciliation.

Arreaza noted that the fundamental purpose of the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence is to contribute to the country's political stability by overcoming cycles of confrontation. “The purpose of this law is to break the cycle of conspiracies and pardons and to have an impact of political stability in Venezuela that lasts for decades. Hopefully we can break that non-virtuous, vicious circle and achieve stability in the Republic,” he said.

Presenting the balance sheet of the follow-up process, the deputy reported that the volume of requests received evidences the scope of the work undertaken. “As of yesterday, Tuesday, 14368 requests (11772 valid requests) have been received, numbers that give us food for thought,” he said. He stressed that each case has been studied in accordance with the procedures established by the Commission.

He also explained that 8,406 requests already have an opinion, which has allowed progress in the review of cases that had been open for years. “There were 8,000 people; the vast majority of them were in process since 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017. How do we give that to him? With due process, which calls us to study the justice system, and this justifies the call for reform of the justice administration system made by our president in charge Delcy Rodríguez,” he explained.

Arreaza specified that of these 8406 people, 8092 were at large and only 314 remained deprived of their liberty, clarifying the real nature of the universe served. “It's not that we got 8,000 people out of jail; that number of people arrested for any political motivation has never existed during the Bolivarian Revolution. The vast majority, 96.1%, were in process and were regularly brought before the courts, and 314 people arrested for political reasons that correspond to the law,” he said.

He added that the challenge now is to move towards national reconciliation: “We have to guarantee national unity to meet again and understand each other.”

Mazo News Team