Former candidate Benjami Rausseo attends hearing at Venezuelan Supreme Court
Former candidate Benjami Rausseo goes to the Venezuelan Supreme Court for the hearing on the July 28 elections. teleSUR
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00:00Briefly, as we go live to Caracas, because the hearings continue at the Supreme Court,
00:05let's see live images.
00:10We are looking at live images from Caracas.
00:13This is the headquarter of the Supreme Court as BenjamĂn Roseo, one of the former presidential
00:22candidates that participated in the July 28th elections, is coming to his hearing.
00:31Let's recall that this is a process that we have been following during the last couple
00:36of days as the Supreme Court of the country, that is the highest tribunal of the country,
00:42is summoning, is calling all the political representatives involved in the process, the
00:49electoral process of July 28th elections, and also that includes former presidential
00:56candidates.
00:58The Supreme Court is summoning all of them to appear before the court for special hearings.
01:03That is what we are watching live at this moment.
01:07In this case, it's the case of BenjamĂn Roseo, one of the former presidential candidates,
01:14and the objective of these hearings that are taking place is to retrieve all necessary
01:21information and to give an instance for all political sectors to present their evidence,
01:28present all their information, everything related to the entire electoral process.
01:36Now we see that the authorities are coming in.
01:39First we see General Prosecutor Tarek William Saab, who is greeting the representatives
01:49that are coming upon for this hearing as he has done with all of the other members, political
01:58representatives that have come upon the tribunal.
02:04In just a few minutes we will see the authorities, that is, the tribunal that is led by Calicia
02:11RodrĂguez, president of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, come in and formally
02:18initiate the session.
02:22So again, let's recall that this process was initiated after a contentious appeal filed
02:29by the president of Venezuela himself, Nicolás Maduro, who did so in his own words with the
02:37aim of strengthening the transparency of the democratic process, with the aim of clarifying
02:44anything that needed to be clarified before the Supreme Court and in a sovereign way.
02:52And after that contentious appeal was filed, this process of summoning all representatives
02:58began.
02:59We see now the authorities and Calicia RodrĂguez officially beginning this session.
03:11She is now officially initiating the session.
03:14We see the authorities who are reading the initial openings, formal openings,
03:24applicable by the Article 98, with the purpose of receiving the legal instruments that are
03:34under the candidates, and the candidates must respond to the questions, and the file case
03:42is 20-24-34, and it is being recorded that citizen RodrĂguez is present here on the
03:56condition of a former presidential candidate of the election, and he is assisted by lawyer
04:06MarĂa Pinoeleda, and likewise, it is being recorded that the general attorney is present.
04:18Images in Caracas as the hearings continue, the Supreme Court of Justice all in the process
04:35of the investigation that the top court is carrying out regarding the entire electoral
04:39process of July 28th.
04:43And like this, we have come to the end of this newscast.