The constitutional lawyer Perkins Rocha, legal coordinator of Vente Venezuela, communicated this Thursday from the balcony of his apartment with the Spanish MEPs Hermann Tertsch and Jorge Martín Fríasafter police prevented the international delegation from accessing the property where it is under house arrest.
In front of Police cordon deployed in the vicinity of his residence In the Venezuelan capital, the jurist – who has spent two years and three months in prison, nine of them under house arrest with an electronic shackle – expressed his gratitude for the parliamentary support despite the restrictions imposed on the perimeter.
“Thank you for joining us. This is a people that fights for its freedom. Thanks to Spain. We will be free,” Rocha said loudly from the balcony of his home when addressing the European representatives in the street.
Parliamentary support with megaphone from the police perimeter
Given the impossibility of crossing the police cordon for a private meeting at home, the members of the European Parliament They used a megaphone in the vicinity of the building to respond to the lawyer’s greeting and ratify their demand for full freedom.
During the intervention at the scene, the European representation questioned the continuity of the precautionary measures and electronic surveillance that weigh on the former magistrate, expressing its support for the restitution of civil and political rights in the country.
“The vast majority of Venezuelans want you free; without arrest, without a ring and without anything resembling you. Free like all Venezuelans, and it will be achieved without a doubt,” said the MEP. Hermann Tertsch through the megaphone during the exchange in front of the residence.
Persistence of restrictions without court order
The remote meeting occurs as part of the visit of the Spanish MEPs to Caracas, in a week marked by the reinforcement of police custody around Rocha’s home.
The lawyer’s legal defense and political organizations have reiterated that the court in the case confirmed the absence of a court order prohibiting the entry of visitors to his home.
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry denied on social networks that it had issued instructions to block the passage of European parliamentarians.
