Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart
Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart is a Venezuelan politician, who was Secretary of the Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez and chancellor of Venezuela during his second presidency.
Career
[edit]Secretariat of the Presidency
[edit]He was Secretary of the Presidency in 1989 and later Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1989 and 1991.
Trial and arrest
[edit]In 1993, a trial began against him, along with Carlos Andrés Pérez and minister Alejandro Izaguirre, as well as three other people.[1]
On May 26, 1993, he entered the El Junquito prison. On May 30, he was convicted by the Supreme Court of Justice for "aggravated generic embezzlement", an "act committed in the circumstances of place, manner and time that have been established, to be fulfilled the sentence of two years and four months in prison" and "condemns the aforementioned defendant to restitute, repair or compensate for the damage caused to public assets".[2]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS ruled in 2000 that "the Venezuelan State violated to the detriment of Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart article 8(1) of the Convention in regarding his right to be heard by a judge or court competent in the substantiation of the criminal accusation that was carried out against him".[2]
On August 2, 2000, the new Supreme Court of Justice prescribed its charges,[3] being released.
Political positions
[edit]Figueredo Planchart considers the presidency of Nicolás Maduro illegitimate and has disagreed as former chancellor in the policy that his government has exercised around the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Carlos Andres Pérez, encarcelado por corrupción". El País. 19 May 1994.
- ^ a b "Caso 11.298". Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. 13 April 2000.
- ^ "Expediente 588". Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. 2 August 2000.
- ^ Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart (1 July 2020). "Carta abierta ante ausencia venezolana en decisión sobre nuestro Esequibo". FTN News.