CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday made main adjustments to his cupboard, together with management of the oil and finance ministries and state oil firm PDVSA, after a contested election each the ruling occasion and the opposition declare to have gained.
Anabel Pereira is new finance minister, whereas Hector Obregon is the brand new president of PDVSA, changing Pedro Tellechea, who will transfer to go the Trade Ministry, Maduro mentioned on state tv.
Vice President Delcy Rodriguez will stay in her put up, however add the oil ministry to her transient, Maduro added.
Yvan Gil and Vladimir Padrino will stay of their respective posts as international minister and protection minister, Maduro mentioned, whereas ruling occasion chief Diosdado Cabello would be the new inside, justice and peace minister.
The adjustments are “a profound renovation of the national government and we are putting together a new team which will help us transition everything for this era, open new paths … speed the changes the people need,” Maduro mentioned throughout an occasion broadcast reside.
Cabello, an in depth ally of Maduro’s predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, returns to the cupboard after being the second in charge of ruling occasion PSUV. He’s a former vice chairman and lawmaker and served as inside and justice minister within the early 2000s.
“Today I think Venezuela is on the path of definitive peace, a peace with justice, a peace where the people feel that those who have acted against the constitution and the law have justice applied to them on time,” Cabello mentioned.
ELECTION DISPUTE
Reuters reported earlier, citing three sources, that Maduro would title Obregon to PDVSA and designate a brand new oil minister.
Obregon is a lawyer who was added to PDVSA’s govt board final yr as a part of his authorities tasks, which additionally embody positions on the finance ministry and Venezuela’s growth financial institution.
Tellechea, appointed to each PDVSA and the oil ministry in 2023, promised to focus on endemic corruption on the financially troubled firm whereas hoping to win over its hundreds of employees, a transfer crucial to securing much-needed money for the nation.
The disagreement over the July 28 election has sparked worldwide requires the discharge of full vote tallies, lethal protests and strikes by the nation’s prosecutor to analyze the opposition and arrest journalists.
Peaceable road protests and worldwide strain nonetheless have the potential to unseat Maduro, opposition chief Maria Corina Machado advised Reuters on Tuesday.
Dozens of workers at PDVSA, the oil ministry and different components of the general public sector have been compelled to resign for the reason that election over their political beliefs, employees and unions have mentioned.