"Although most of the judges we chose", says Copei's national congressman Luis Guevara León, "were really not 'independent' -- that is difficult to be here in Venezuela -- they were for the first time relatively independent of their respective parties."
According to Copei's national congressman Luis Guevara León, although most of the judges chosen were not truly independent due to the political climate in Venezuela, this was a significant development as they were for the first time relatively free from party influence.