La Sala Constitucional y el Decreto de Estado de Conmoción Exterior, dictado el 3 de enero de 2026, el mismo día en el cual se produjo, en la madrugada, la "ausencia forzosa" de quien ejercía la Presidencia de la República
| Pages | 457-459 |
| Date | 01 January 2026 |
| Published date | 01 January 2026 |
| Author | Allan R. Brewer-Carías |
| Subject Matter | Administrative & Public Law |
Comentarios Jurisprudenciales
LA SALA CONSTITUCIONAL Y EL DECRETO
DE ESTADO DE CONMOCIÓN EXTERIOR, DICTADO
EL 3 DE ENERO DE 2026, EL MISMO DÍA EN EL CUAL
SE PRODUJO, EN LA MADRUGADA,
LA “AUSENCIA FORZOSA” DE QUIEN EJERCÍA
LA PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA
Allan R. Brewer-Carías
Profesor emérito Universidad Central de Venezuela
Director de la Revista
Resumen: Este Comentario destaca la incongruencia temporal, no considerada por
la Sala Constitucional, del Decreto de Excepción de Conmoción Exterior, emitido en
Consejo de Ministros y firmado por Nicolás Maduro como Presidente y todos los Mi-
nistros el día 3 de enero de 2026, tal como apareció publicado en la Gaceta Oficial
de ese mismo día 3 de enero de 2026, a pesar de que en las primeras horas de la ma-
drugada de ese mismo día ya se había producido la “ausencia forzada” de Nicolás
Maduro del país, por su extracción forzada, y la VicePresidenta Ejecutiva estaba en
la Isla de Margaritas, lo que hizo imposible que hubiera habido Consejo de Minis-
tros alguno, ni adopción de dicho Decreto ese día.
Palabras Clave: Estado de Excepción. Conmoción Exterior.
Abstract: This Commentary highlights the temporal incongruity, not considered by
the Constitucional Chamber, of the Decree of State of Exception of External Com-
motion, issued in the Council of Ministers and signed by Nicolás Maduro as Presi-
dent and all the Ministers on January 3, 2026, and which was published in the Of-
ficial Gazette of that same day, January 3, 2026, despite the fact that in the early
hours of the morning of that same day the “forced absence” of Nicolas Maduro
had already taken place, due to its forced extraction from the country, and the Ex-
ecutive Vice President was on the Island of Margaritas, which made it impossible
for there to have been any Council of Ministers, nor adoption of said Decree that day.
Key words:. State of Exception of External Commotion.
La Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, el día 3 de enero de 2026,1
emitió su sentencia No. 1 con ocasión del “hecho, público y notorio” acaecido en Caracas en
las primeras horas de la madrugada de ese mismo día, específicamente, a partir de las 2.01
am2, que fue calificado por la Sala como una “agresión militar extranjera” contra la Repúbli-
1 Véase el texto que está di sponible en: ht tps://historico.tsj.gob.ve/decision es/scon/enero/352131 -
0001-3126-2026-26-0001.HTML. Véase el extracto en las páginas 402 de esta Revista.
2 Véase la información detallada del “hecho público, notorio y comunicacional” en el reportaje de
Isaac Yee, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, Katie Polglase, Allegra Goodwin, Alfredo Meza y
Mark Baron, “Así capturaron a Maduro: análisis de CNN revela riesgos extremos del operativo
militar en Venezuela,” en CNNEspañol, 23 enero 2026, disponible e n: https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
2026/01/23/venezuela/maduro-captura-riesgos-eeuu-trax
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