Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Former Vice-President of the National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE)) and President of the Political Participation and Financing Commission (August 2020 – May 2021). Leonardo Enrique Morales Poleo was appointed Vice-President of the CNE and President of the Political Participation and Financing Commission on 7 August 2020 by the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ)) although this prerogative belongs to the National Assembly. Moreover, just prior to his appointment he served in the Advanced Progressive Party (Avanzada progresista). As member (rector) and Vice-President of the CNE, he fully took part in the decision-making process of the CNE. He supported and facilitated the supervision of the electoral process that led to the non-democratic elections of the National Assembly on 6 December 2020. His actions have therefore further undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. Leonardo Enrique Morales Poleo accepted to be appointed to the CNE and remained in his position as Vice-President of the CNE while democracy was severely undermined in Venezuela.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026