Sputnik: Venezuela's Authorities Rule to Ban Guaido From Government Service for 15 Years
Opposition leader Juan Guaido has received the maximum punishment allowable by law in the Latin American country over a discrepancy in his personal financial disclosures, as well as a spending record that failed to match his level of income, state comptroller Elvis Amoroso explained.
The state comptroller Elvis Amoroso has stated that Guaido is to be barred from holding public office for 15 years. Amoroso specified that the reason behind the ban is inconsistencies in his personal financial disclosures and a spending record that does not match his level of income.
According to the comptroller, Guaido has made more than 91 trips out of the country spending some 520 million bolivars.
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