Julio Borges

Political career

In the 2000 parliamentary elections, Borges was elected to the National Assembly, representing Primero Justicia and Miranda State until 2005. Primero Justicia participated in the opposition boycott of the 2005 elections, but Borges was elected again in the parliamentary elections of 2010.

Borges ran for president in the opposition primaries for the Venezuelan presidential elections of 2006, but on 9 August 2006 dropped out to support Manuel Rosales, former governor of Zulia State. Borges was involved in an incident in the National Assembly in April 2013, when violence broke out between PSUV and opposition legislators following the 2013 presidential election. According to Borges, the members of PSUV stood up at the beginning of the assembly and rushed the opposition.

Education

Borges studied law at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, graduating in 1992, and got a master's degree in philosophy at Boston College (1994) and public policy at the University of Oxford (1996). He is married, and has four children.

Arrest warrant

In 2020, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela ordered his arrest for allegedly participating in the 2018 Caracas drone attack against Nicolás Maduro. On 13 July 2020, the Attorney General's Office issued an arrest warrant for the alleged crimes of treason, usurpation of functions and association to commit crimes. On 16 January 2023, the attorney general appointed by the Constituent Assembly, Tarek William Saab, announced that the Public Ministry has requested a third arrest warrant against Borges, charged for participating in the 2019 uprising attempt of 30 April.

References

References

1. ''[[El Universal (Caracas). El Universal]]'', 11 August 2006, [http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2006/08/11/en_pol_art_11A763957.shtml Manuel Rosales is the single opposition candidate]
2. "William Dávila y Julio Borges fueron agredidos en la AN: "Sin mediar palabras nos golpearon"". Noticias 24.
3. {{in lang. es primicias24.com, 20 July 2011, [http://primicias24.com/nacionales/julio-borges-%E2%80%9Cnosotros-tenemos-con-que-ser-el-mejor-pais-del-mundo%E2%80%9D/ Dirigente político PJ Julio Borges: “Nosotros tenemos con qué ser el mejor país del mundo”] {{Webarchive. link. (11 April 2017)
4. {{in lang. es Nunez Munoz, Ingrid and Pineda Moran, Nury (2003), "Nuevos Partidos, Nuevos Liderazgos: Primero Justicia", ''Cuestiones Politicas'', 30, Jan-Jun 2003, pp45-74
5. "New arrest warrant issued against Borges for treason - Últimas Noticias".
6. "Venezuela: Prosecutor's Office issues new arrest warrant for opposition leader Julio Borges".