Indira Alfonzo
In June 2020, she sworn in as chief rector and president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) by the TSJ, to organize 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election.[3] Being the president of the Electoral Chamber, Alfonzo presided over and drafted the sentence in which the possession of the deputies of the Amazonas state was suspended a few days after the 2015 parliamentary elections were held, leaving the state without representation in the National Assembly to the coalition opponent of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) without a qualified two-thirds majority, as well as the sentence that suspended the 2018 Carabobo University student elections [es], ordering the university authorities to proclaim the student candidate for government, Jessica Bello, in place of Marlon Díaz, who had already been proclaimed and sworn in after having obtained 82.6% of the votes.[7] The United States sanctioned Alfonzo and three others on 4 September 2020, accusing them of facilitating the Maduro government's efforts to undermine the independence and democratic order of Venezuela.According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, he said that "the corrupt Maduro regime is attempting to seize control of the National Assembly of Venezuela through a fraudulent election.”[8] The sanctions were announced as the country prepares the National Assembly elections on 6 December, which opposition parties consider it fraudulent and announced their boycott.[9] On February 22, 2021, the EU imposed personal restrictions on her due to her role in undermining democracy and rule of law in Venezuela.