Venezuela: MPs prosecuted for their support for Guaido's failed uprising

Seven Venezuelan opposition MPs will face criminal charges for supporting Juan Guaido in his call for an uprising against Nicolas Maduro, whose former head of intelligence defected and saw, as a result, US sanctions against him lifted.

The Chavista power decided to move on the legal ground, just one week after the failed uprising that was called Juan Guaido, recognized interim president by fifty countries, including the United States.

The triggering of "criminal proceedings" against the seven opposition parliamentarians was done in two stages on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court, which the opposition accuses of being tied to the Chavist power, first ordered that six of them be prosecuted for "high treason" and "conspiracy" among other leaders. She then handed over their cases to the General Prosecutor's Office for investigation and to the Constituent Assembly to consider the lifting of their parliamentary immunity.

Juan Guaido's first reaction to this decision came during a session of the National Assembly he chairs and which is dominated by the opposition. "The only answer of this regime is to continue, it does not govern anymore, because it no longer has the controls," he said..........