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.
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