[2] Previously, the Ethics Commission of the Democratic Action party had already sanctioned Carlos Andres Perez and two other officials administratively.
The affair was important because it would determine the political future of Carlos Andrés and presented a real possibility that administrative corruption to be sanctioned, an issue overwhelmingly discussed by the public agenda.
The accusation revolved around the overpricing in the purchase of the Sierra Nevada ship, and it was intended to charge Carlos Andrés Pérez in this way.
A congressional commission, in turn, requested his impeachment for the moral, political and administrative responsibility he bore in the scandal.
Congress in its joint session of both chambers on 8 May 1980 gave as a result of the vote: The Sierra Nevada affair was closed by the Prosecutor's Office on 13 June 1980.