President in charge Delcy Rodríguez convenes the Grand National Consultation for a New Justice System

Published at: 30/01/2026 08:26 PM

The President in charge of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, announced the convening of a Grand National Consultation for a New Justice System, with the objective of transforming the criminal and social approach in the country.

This initiative will be under the responsibility of the Revolution Commission for Justice, chaired by the sectoral vice-president of Politics, Citizen Security and Peace, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, together with the Program for Democratic Coexistence and Peace.

During his speech, he emphasized the need to reformulate the current punitive approach: “I also ask for alternative measures to punishment and punishment for our prisoners within the framework of a categorization of crimes.” In this regard, he explained that he has held talks with the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, to advance the application of justice under modalities that do not depend exclusively on imprisonment.

As part of his speech at the solemn opening session of judicial activities 2026, he presented figures on the prison situation, highlighting that 81.59% of inmates are first-time inmates (people who for the first time are deprived of their liberty for the commission of a crime) and 63.51% have only basic education.

Faced with this scenario, he called for a greater presence of the State in critical areas: “I ask you that the Venezuelan State have social and economic intervention for crime prevention... I ask for more social intervention in health, in education, in the most vulnerable sectors of the Venezuelan population.”

Regarding the operation of the current system, Rodríguez pointed out that 75.55% of those convicted admitted the acts committed. He explained that, in the current context, this action has become a way to expedite judicial processes: “Faced with the procedural delay and the costs of the process, the solution is to admit the facts to cut time spent in detention,” he said.

Finally, the senior official reiterated the call for collaboration from all sectors for the development of the national consultation, insisting on the creation of clear programs on the prevention of violence in the communities most in need.

Mazo News Team