court to launch an investigation into the opposition leader and self-proclaimed president why does tarik saab wants to ban him from leaving the country and freeze his assets the move comes after the united states announced earlier today that it had handed control of venezuela's u.s. bank accounts to stay quiet. and get more on this from the t w correspondent also shankar in caracas a welcome oscar so what's the purpose of these moves against one quater. well this is a clear power struggle at play right now in venezuela when michael has said he is aware he could be put in jail like other opposition congressman that remain political prisoners of nicolas maduro if the supreme court wants to play by the rules they would have to strip one way though of parliamentary immunity he is still the president of the national assembly so what this represents is a show of force some may argue it is an equivalent reaction to the sanctions u.s. made against most of motherhood us government officials however many people here are still wondering why the attorney general stopped short of ordering his imprisonment