The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) issued a statement to support the mayor of Recoleta and member of the Communist Party of Chile (PC), Daniel Jadue, after the precautionary measure of preventive detention issued against him for the so-called “Pharmacy Case” .
The community that supports Nicolás Maduro denounced that the judicial action against the Recoleta councilor is part of a strategy of political persecution aimed at delegitimizing progressive leaders in Latin America.
Jadue, the PSUV statement states, “is a victim of the infamous strategy that violates human rights through the instrumentalization of justice as a modality of political action.” And he adds: “Trying to separate men and women who are besieged in Latin America for developing popular projects with proven positive results in the fight against poverty and inequality is despicable.”
The party founded by Hugo Chávez declares that the preventive detention of Daniel Jadue in Chile “ratifies, once again, the exacerbated use of lawfare as a regional strategy to accuse progressive leaders without legal and evidentiary grounds.”
The PSUV emphasizes that the “political persecution” aims to destroy the public image of these leaders and delegitimize their efforts, highlighting that this happens in the case of Daniel Jadue, a mayor with “unscathed morals” and support of the popular vote.
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PSUV expresses its solidarity with the mayor of the Commune of Recoleta Daniel Jadue https://t.co/iHq6wHNcCX#AffirmativesYPaLante pic.twitter.com/QQ2ZPRcHiy
— PSUV (@PartidoPSUV) June 4, 2024
The statement from Maduro’s party highlights Jadue’s political career, stating that his public policies respond to the aspirations of the popular classes, which “are rejected by retrograde sectors of the international southern right.” From the “Homeland of Bolívar”, the Venezuelan conglomerate extends its solidarity to the community of Recoleta, denouncing the “unjust detention” of Jadue, whom they consider innocent.
The PSUV calls for impartial justice to be imposed and human rights to be respected, remembering that there are several failed processes against Jadue, motivated by unfounded political accusations. “We hope that he can continue his fight for the well-being and defense of his people,” the statement concludes.
Jadue was remanded in preventive detention, charged with crimes of bribery, tax fraud, fraud, unfair administration and bankruptcy crime. The investigation focuses on the purchase and sale of supplies to face the Covid-19 pandemic by the Chilean Association of Municipalities with Popular Pharmacies (Achifarp). Both the mayor of Recoleta and the PC have filed accusations of “political persecution.”
Prior to its formalization, the communal chief publicly denounced that the Prosecutor’s Office prevented him from traveling to Caracas to participate in a meeting titled “World Social Alternative Agenda.” According to his statements, the act was “arbitrary and unconstitutional.”