00:00On Tuesday in Venezuela, the President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez and the former Prime Minister of Spain José
00:07Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
00:08attended a meeting of the Special Monitoring Commission for the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence
00:14in order to discuss the progress that this legal instrument has had so far.
00:19The work session, which aimed to continue monitoring the Amnesty Law, was held in the Venezuelan Parliament.
00:25In this scenario, the President of the Special Monitoring Commission for the Amnesty Law, Jorge Arreaza,
00:32announced that, according to the latest report, more than 80% of the amnesty requests have been fully addressed, granting
00:40full freedom.
00:41It is worth noting that the commitment to consensus and reconciliation has been evident in the various actions of the
00:49Programme for Peace and Democratic Coexistence,
00:51which involves the participation of the country's public authorities.
01:02A very important meeting of the Monitoring Commission for the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence
01:09has just concluded with a man who is a specialist in amnesty, a specialist in peace, a specialist in dialogue,
01:18and who is a specialist in Venezuela, someday all the efforts will be known, all the procedures, all the meetings,
01:26all the lightning trips that President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,
01:32has made to Venezuela to seek ways for the political processes to proceed through dialogue, through agreement, and through the
01:41pursuit of consensus.
02:09And the former Prime Minister of Spain,
02:12José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero highlighted as a reference point the amnesty law promoted
02:18by acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, due to its rapid implementation.
02:27I want to congratulate the president, Delcy Rodríguez, for the courageous unilateral
02:33initiative to bring an amnesty law before the National Assembly, a good amnesty law.
02:39Believe me, because of my public role, I have had the opportunity on many occasions to engage
02:46with amnesty laws, and this one is going to become a reference point.
02:55First, because there are no precedents for such rapid approval, and such swift implementation.
03:02The most recent amnesty law that is familiar to me was passed in Spain, and had to do with
03:09the conflict experienced in Catalonia.
03:12It affects a much smaller number of beneficiaries, but even years later, some cases are still
03:20pending due to legal issues.
03:25Of course, this is an amnesty law that affects a much larger number of people, and therefore
03:32we must take into account that everything is carried out in accordance with procedures and
03:37rules.
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