Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank you very much for your presentation. It was extremely comprehensive.
One of the things you noted over and over again is the whole issue of the lack of the separation of powers and how that is what is needed, to have the checks and balances in government, particularly the judiciary, where you quoted from the President of the Supreme Court. And the statement that was quite disturbing was, “We cannot continue thinking of a division of powers because that is a principle that weakens the State.”
I have heard as well, and maybe you can clarify for the committee, that the Supreme Court has been overhauled by Mr. Chávez and expanded to include all his supporters. So there was a change to the Supreme Court, increasing the number of people on the Supreme Court, and only putting people who are true revolutionaries, as he calls them, on the court to make sure his agenda is followed.
Could you tell us a bit of that history and what happened there?