A/HRC/45/CRP.11 were held. The opposition reported that over 7 million people participated in the consultation, with 98.4 per cent voting against the formation of a National Constituent Assembly. 145 87. On 27 June 2017, a CICPC helicopter flew over the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice and other Government offices.146 The pilot was identified as Óscar Pérez, a CICPC officer.147 Later that day Pérez appeared in a video demanding President Maduro’s resignation and asking for national elections. 148 Óscar Pérez, along with nine others, was killed in January 2018 in a raid by mixed security forces. 88. The elections for the National Constituent Assembly took place against this backdrop. They were convened and organized by the National Electoral Council. 149 On 30 July, according to the National Electoral Council, over eight million people voted for the 545 members of the Constituent Assembly.150 However, detailed results were not published and the official numbers could not be confirmed by non-State sources.151 A number of deaths were registered during protests, with 10 occurring over the election weekend, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.152 89. In total in 2017, the Venezuelan Observatory for Social Conflict documented 9,787 protests, the highest number recorded since 2014, with 69 per cent (6,729) occurring between 1 April and 31 July 2017.153 On 28 June in a televised statement, President Maduro referred to “90 days of violence” that had occurred in the country and stated, “We will go into combat. We will never surrender. What could not be done with votes, we will do with arms. We will liberate our nation with arms”.154 90. The National Constituent Assembly took power on 4 August 2017, presided by Delcy Rodríguez. Within its first week, it removed the Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz from power, replacing her with Tarek William Saab, then-Human Rights Ombudsman (4 August); established a “Truth Commission,” to investigate violations against “victims of violence for 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 See YouTube Video, VPItv, Resultados de la Consulta Popular realizada el 16 de julio por la oposición venezolana, 16 July 2017, minute 4:90, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHqeXKpi0eg. https://twitter.com/AlbertoRodNews/status/879845119205281792. YouTube Video: Luigino Bracci Roa – Situación en Venezuela, Rueda de prensa de Néstor Reverol sobre helicóptero Cicpc que atacó al TSJ, 28 June 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwye0ZdMjnk. YouTube Video: Anonymus RESVE, Pronunciamiento de Óscar Pérez Piloto de aeronaves CICPC conta el Gobierno de Maduro, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNPxAMh5Wo; YouTube Video: Luigino Bracci Roa – Situación en Venezuela. Ernesto Villegas lee comunicado sobre ataque de helicóptero del Cicpc contra TSJ y MPPRIJP, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTtm5pXwzlM; YouTube Video: CAREDU, Óscar Pérez el Piloto del Helicóptero del CICPC en Venezuela. available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_5xQ1coGA. Resolution No. 170607-118 of 7 June 2017. See Press reléase of National Electoral Council at: http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/sala_prensa/noticia_detallada.php?id=3551; See also TeleSurTV, Resultados oficiales de las elecciones de la Constituyente en Venezuela, 30 July 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfm7wkOHIs4&feature=emb_logo. See study by Datin Corp May 2017, available at: https://www.scribd.com/document/349252570/Datincorp-Informe-Venezuela-Mayo-2017-3-PDF; See also European Union, Official Statement by the Spokesperson on the Election to a Constituent Assembly in Venezuela, available at: https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/algeria/30529/statementspokesperson-election-constituent-assembly-venezuela_en. See YouTube Video, VPltv. Pronunciamiento de la Fiscal Luisa Ortega Díaz sobre la ANC. 31 July 2017, minute 5:20, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPDs0P3W_M. See Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict, Conflictividad social en Venezuela en 2017, available at: https://www.observatoriodeconflictos.org.ve/oc/wpcontent/uploads/2018/01/Conflictividad-social-en-Venezuela-2017-1.pdf. See El País, Maduro dice que lo que no logre con votos, lo logrará con las armas, 28 June 2017, available at: https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/06/28/america/1498601188_429829.html (“¡Nosotros jamás nos rendiríamos! ¡Lo que no se pudo con los votos, lo haríamos con las armas, liberaríamos nuestra patria con las armas!”). See also YouTube, Luigino Bracci Roa, Maduro sobre caso Fabian Urbina y GNBs que dispararon en el Distribuidor Alta Mira, 22 July 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM0SjKWCxds. 21