US EditionVenezuela's Legal Shake-Up: Top Justice Officials Step Down
- On Wednesday, February 25, Tarek William Saab and Alfredo Ruiz Angulo submitted resignations to the National Assembly addressed to Jorge Rodriguez Gomez, assembly secretary Maria Alejandra Hernandez confirmed.
- Both resignations follow mounting scrutiny after Delcy Rodríguez released long-detained critics and signed an amnesty bill into law last week, while a UN Human Rights Council-backed panel documented abuses linked to Saab's office.
- Nearly nine years after his 2017 appointment, Saab led major prosecutions and denied wrongdoing, telling Reuters this month he hopes an amnesty will fully pacify the country.
- Lawmakers immediately appointed Tarek William Saab as acting ombudsman until a National Assembly committee selects a permanent replacement, while Alfredo Ruiz Angulo resigned citing personal, family and health reasons.
- The resignations add to government change since Maduro's Jan. 3 capture, with the shake-up potentially affecting political detainees through recent releases and an amnesty law signed last week.
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Tarek William Saab Ceases as Attorney General of Venezuela and Is Appointed as a Temporary Ombudsman
Saab, who has also been a governor supported by Chavismo, arrived at the Prosecutor’s Office in 2017 by appointment of the plenipotentiary National Constituent Assembly, a forum dominated by supporters of Nicolás Maduro’s government. On Wednesday, the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) of Venezuela has appointed Tarek William Saab, who resigned from his post as Attorney General, as a temporary ombudsman, after the resignation of Alfredo Ruiz Ang…
The novelties have not ceased in Venezuela since January 3 when a special US commando kidnapped Nicolás Maduro. Tarek William Saab, an important link of the repressive apparatus in his capacity as Attorney General, left his post after nine intense years. He resigned without explaining the reasons that led him to abandon his status as chief accuser on behalf of the State. The resignation was presented to the National Assembly managed by Jorge Rod…
Venezuela attorney general Tarek William Saab resigns, takes interim ombudsman role
Venezuela’s National Assembly, dominated by the ruling bloc, on Wednesday 25 February accepted the resignation of Attorney General Tarek William Saab and Ombudsman Alfredo Ruiz, and immediately named temporary replacements: Saab will serve as acting ombudsman and lawyer Larry Devoe was appointed acting attorney general.
The man who ordered the Venezuelan Attorney General for about a decade and was cited as one of the main executives of President Nicolas Maduro's repression policy, arrested and imprisoned in January, Tarek William Saab, resigned on this Thursday, but without leaving the whole regime now aligned with the United States.
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