When an authoritarian government is enthroned in power as a result of a centralizing process (even when it happens through a democratic electoral system), it is very likely that it will drift towards a dictatorship through the application of double standards in the justice system, as well as when legislative work abandons 
negotiation to impose a one-sided rule by a simple majority.
The worst part of the equation is to fall into a double standard of justice because it turns into an ideal tool to carry out political revenge or to stifle the mechanisms of opposition or protest. This happens when the prosecution responds to the interests of the party in power and the judges abandon their impartiality to adopt politicized positions.
No country is immune from this insidious slide toward dictatorship. Particularly if the party in power manages to influence or even control the press and media to the extent where they conceal or distort this ongoing erosion of the rule of law.
This is the tragic reality that we are currently seeing in the United States.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 125 national and international organizations working on Venezuela said today. The Mission, established in 2019 to investigate systematic human rights violations in Venezuela, has played a key role in pushing for accountability for serious crimes in the country and ensuring international scrutiny over the ongoing crisis, the groups said in a joint question-and-answer document.