b) Christian Colson, witness proposed by the State, Attorney representing the Attorney General of the Republic, who declared on: his participation in the defense of the constitutionality of Article 105 of the Organic Law of the Comptroller General of the Republic and the National System of Fiscal Oversight, as well as the purpose, scope, and effect of said Article; c) Alberto Arteaga Sánchez, expert witness proposed by the representatives, Professor of Criminal Law of the Universidad Central of Venezuela, who rendered an expert report on: i) “the system of political disqualifications as additional sanctions in Venezuelan legislation, in light of the Constitution of the Republic [...] of Venezuela, the Penal Code of Venezuela, the Law against Corruption, and the American Convention on Human Rights" and ii) background and requisites for applicability and admissibility" of the system of disqualifications; d) Antonio Canova González, expert witness proposed by the representatives, Professor of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Católica Andrés Bello, and Monteavila, who rendered an expert report on: i) “the legal restrictions that are appropriate in regard to political rights"; and, ii) “the scope of political rights in Venezuela in light of the Constitution of [...] Venezuela," and iii) “the jurisprudential standards established by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice for said purpose”; e) Jesús Eduardo Cabrera Romero, expert witness proposed by the State, director of the magazine, Derecho Probatorio [Evidence Law], undergraduate Professor of the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, former member of the Legislation and Jurisprudence Commission of the Ministry of Justice, former President of the Commission for the Automation of the Notarization and Registration System of the Ministry of Justice, former Associate Judge of the Civil Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, and former Magistrate of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, who rendered an expert report on: “the jurisprudential standards, issued by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, related to the difference that exists between the policy of political disqualification and the disqualification from holding public office, as well as the compatibility of the latter with the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," and f) Alejandro José Soto Villasmil, expert witness proposed by the State, Judge of the Second Court of Administrative Disputes, who rendered an expert report on: “the administrative proceedings regarding the declarations of administrative responsibility," relevant to this case. 2. Admission of documentary evidence 18. In the present case, as in others,15 the Court admits the evidentiary value of said documents submitted by the parties at the opportune procedural moment that were neither contradicted, objected, nor their authenticity questioned. 15 Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez V. Honduras. Merits. Judgment of July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4, para. 140; Case of Vera Vera et al., supra note 13, para. 22, and Case of Mejía Idrovo V. Ecuador. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment July 5, 2011. Series C No. 228, para. 38. 11

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