Beginning in 1998, we had a government in Venezuela categorized by authoritarianism and militarism. This was a government that was very popular back then because it was based on populist measures, but once the corruption became evident, the government started to lose power.
Due to the crisis, people went to vote in December and they voted massively against the government. Why? Because they were voting against the lack of safety. They were voting against 24,000 people being murdered that year. They also voted against the lack of food and the political crisis.
This new spirit in Venezuela created what we call a new team, a new team that is now represented by our National Assembly. The two-thirds majority that we obtained in December was fundamental to reorganize political powers in the whole country. We were able, with that two-thirds majority, to designate a supreme tribunal that was going to be impartial.
We were going to have a national electoral council that was going to represent the will of the people. That's why the government decided to change things and went against the will of the people as expressed through the vote in December. We now have 109 members of Parliament, but we need 112 to have a clear majority, to reorganize the judiciary, and to fulfill the duties of the National Assembly as such.
The four members of Parliament who were suspended were indigenous people, and the government thought people would not pay attention to what was happening because of the vulnerability of indigenous people.