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Palacio legislativo de Caracas con cúpula dorada y la bandera de Venezuela ondeando bajo un cielo tormentoso
El palacio legislativo de Caracas, en una imagen alusiva a la reorganización institucional anunciada para Venezuela. · Imagen generada

Rubio Says Venezuela Will Get New Top Court in December

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in Paris that Venezuela could have new Supreme Tribunal of Justice justices by mid December and a new National…

--- The context --- Venezuela is undergoing an institutional reorganization promoted by Washington after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, with the stated goal of creating the conditions needed to hold presidential elections with guarantees. The process is part of the transition scheme advanced by the administration of Donald Trump. Within that framework, renewing the judiciary and the electoral authority is a central stage, because without renewed institutions a presidential call would lack, in the United States position, the institutional guarantees that the process itself requires in order to be credible for citizens at home and abroad. --- The facts --- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in Paris, where he took part in a G7 meeting, that Venezuela could have new justices on the Supreme Tribunal of Justice by mid December and that a new National Electoral Council would be formed shortly afterward. Rubio told reporters that talks among the parties involved are continuing and that there is room to meet the established timetable. He said progress so far has been good and that the work now is to stay attentive and make sure the agreed deadlines can actually be met. --- The positions --- Washington considers the reorganization of the judiciary and the electoral authority indispensable for moving toward a presidential call with institutional guarantees. Rubio stressed that both steps are fundamental within the schedule and must be completed before the process moves on to its following stages. For the process to be credible, Rubio also pointed to the need for a renewed judicial system, an electoral authority with administrative functions and not subordinated to partisan interests, and media outlets able to work without restrictions across the country throughout the entire transition period ahead. --- What remains unknown --- The roadmap provides that, once the new authorities are in place, interim President Delcy Rodríguez would declare the Presidency vacant, opening a six month period to organize and hold presidential elections. Political and operational questions remain unresolved, however, including how the more than seven million Venezuelans living abroad will be able to cast their vote. --- Unanswered questions --- How will the new Supreme Tribunal justices and the members of the new National Electoral Council be selected in practice? What concrete mechanisms will allow more than seven million Venezuelans living abroad to exercise their right to vote? Will consulates in the United States, currently closed, reopen in time for those residents to cast ballots? --- EPM analysis --- The announcement gives the transition, for the first time, a verifiable sequence: first the courts, then the electoral authority, and only afterward the presidential vacancy and the six month clock. The weakest link remains operational, because guaranteeing the overseas vote requires consulates, registries and logistics that today do not exist for millions of people spread across many countries. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the importance of the Paris announcement is that it turns a diffuse transition into a sequence with dates, responsible parties and verifiable steps, making compliance measurable in December. The decisive test will not be naming justices and council members alone, but making the vote of more than seven million Venezuelans abroad real and verifiable, with open consulates and clear rules for every participant in the Venezuelan electoral process ahead.
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