Regarding the mega-elections, the National Electoral Council published the conditions of ineligibility to be a candidate in the November 21 elections.
One of them is the political disqualification decreed by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, which has effects for the performance of the administrative function, that is, the disqualification limits the aptitude of an official to manage public affairs for incurring irregularities.
Disabled
Among the officials who were politically disqualified for incurring in administrative irregularities in the exercise of their functions in a public administration position, the following stand out:
-Juan Guaido: In 2019, the former deputy of the National Assembly was disqualified by the CGR for 15 years after having usurped public functions by proclaiming himself interim president and managing destabilizing actions against the nation that seriously affected the population and that were mostly carried out with the use of of the resources and assets of Venezuela.
-Leopold Lopez: After having incurred in embezzlement of funds for a subsidy that PDVSA granted to the mother of the opponent when he worked for said state between 1996 and 1999 and administrative irregularities during his tenure as mayor of Chacao, a position he held from 2000 to 2008, Leopoldo López , a leader of Voluntad Popular, was disbarred in 2008 for six years.
For 2015, López's disqualification was ratified until 2017.
-Henrique Capriles Radonsky: His disqualification was established for a period of 15 years, which prevents him from running as a candidate for a publicly elected position. This decision comes after the Comptroller's Office began an investigation on budget items for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.
-Antonio Ledezma: In 2019, the comptroller general, Elvis Amoroso, reported on his disqualification for a period of 15 years for having falsified information presented in the Affidavit of Assets.
-Julio Borges: The concealment of information about his assets was the cause of the political disqualification of the former deputy of the National Assembly in contempt elected in 2015.
- Freddy Guevara: On November 3, 2017, the former deputy of the National Assembly was politically disqualified for incurring public instigation.
-Enzo Scarano: The former mayor of the San Diego municipality, Carabobo state, was disqualified in 2015 for a period of 12 months, which prevented him from holding public administration positions. In 2017, the disqualification was ratified for a period of 15 years.
-Maria Corina Machado: In 2015 and for a period of 12 months, the former deputy and leader of Vente Venezuela was disqualified, waiving her parliamentary immunity. According to the Comptroller's Office, this sanction occurs after Machado accepted the position of alternate ambassador of Panama to the OAS.
-Pablo Perez: The former governor of Zulia was disqualified for 10 years after it was denounced in the AN that Pérez had incurred in the crime of transferring resources granted by the Ministry of Health without the authorization of the Legislative Council of Zulia, money that was destined to the payroll and payments to the School Feeding Program (PAE).
-Ramón Muchacho and Jonathan Marín: both former mayors of Chacao and Guanta in Anzoátegui state, respectively, were disqualified for 15 years after having confirmed irregularities in their administrative efforts.
-Manuel Rosales: The leader of the opposition party Un Nuevo Tiempo was another of the politically disabled. The Comptroller's Office sanctioned him for a period of 12 months for having breached the Anti-Corruption Law that sanctions former officials who do not comply with the Affidavit of Assets.
The former governor of Táchira, César Pérez Vivas, was disqualified in 2015 for seven years for alleged acts of corruption in his administration. Along with him, the former mayor of that Andean entity, Daniel Ceballos, was disqualified.
27 former deputies sanctioned
A total of 27 former deputies of the 2015 National Assembly were disqualified by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic after refusing to comply with the Affidavit of Assets, for which the aforementioned controlling entity initiated a series of inquiries to determine possible administrative irregularities against public heritage.
Among those disqualified are Luis Florido, Ismael García, Américo de Grazia, Richard Blanco, Tomás Guanipa, Germán Ferrer (husband of the former attorney general Luisa Ortega Díaz, who was also disqualified) Gaby Arellano, Juan Pablo Guanipa, José Manuel Olivares, Julio Montoya, Juan Miguel Matheus, Carlos Berrizbetia are some of the former deputies who have been sanctioned.
