Venezuela's prosecutor-general Tarek William Saab speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 7, 2017. The prosecutor-general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab indicated Monday that his predecessor Luisa Ortega Diaz was an "accomplice of violence" during opposition protests, that have left over 120 dead in over four months. (Xinhua/Str)
CARACAS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The prosecutor-general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab indicated Monday that his predecessor Luisa Ortega Diaz was an "accomplice of violence" during opposition protests, that have left over 120 dead in over four months.
In a press conference at his office, Saab said that "the prosecutor-general acted...as an accomplice of violence. History will remember the unpunished, premeditated actions of the prosecutor-general to take this country to a situation of war."
Saab, a former ombudsman, was named by the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) on Saturday to replace Ortega.
"We have reached this point so that there may be fairness and balance in these cases of human rights violations," he said, referring to the alleged violent protests organized by the opposition, including the burning alive of six people.
The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) has denied this violence and blamed the government troops and police forces for the brutality.
