Opposition leaders never really plot to kill their rivals

Stuff reports:

A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday formally charged opposition leader Maria Corina Machado with conspiracy to kill President Nicolas Maduro and told her that she faces a maximum prison sentence of eight to 16 years if convicted.

My default position whenever an opposition leader is arrested, is to assume they are being framed by the Government.

Why would an opposition leader want to kill the President? It won’t make them President. It will make the Vice-President, the President, and probably ensure their party gets re-elected with a huge majority due to sympathy over the killing!

Six other prominent opposition figures were named in the complaint, which said the plot sought to “disturb the peace of the nation,” according to a statement issued by prosecutors. The investigation of the alleged conspiracy began in March when the country was convulsed by nationwide demonstrations against the Maduro government, protests that Machado encouraged and led.

So his her real crime is to lead protests against the leftist Government.

This year, Machado was banned from the National Assembly after the legislative body’s president, Diosdado Cabello, accused her of treason for supporting the nationwide student-led protests against rising crime and economic mismanagement.

So it is treason to support protesting students in the socialist paradise of Venezuela.