▲ At the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, shows a document in which the former opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia recognizes the institutions of the State.Photo Xinhua
AFP, AP and Sputnik
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, September 19, 2024, p. 26
Caracas. The Venezuelan government released yesterday an alleged letter from former presidential candidate and right-wing opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, in which he informed the authorities of his decision to request asylum in Spain and said abide the Supreme Court ruling, which validated the results published by the National Electoral Council, which declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of last July’s elections.
The text, dated September 7, unsigned and addressed to the head of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, was shared by the Ministry of Communication in a Telegram group. It consists of two pages and has no signatures.
I have always been and will continue to be willing to recognize and abide by the decisions taken by the organs of justice within the framework of the Constitution, including the hasty ruling of the electoral chamber, which, although I do not agree with it, I abide by because it is a decision of the highest court in the republic.González explained.
The former presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Unitary Platform arrived in Madrid on the 8th as a political asylum seeker, after the Maduro administration granted him safe conduct. for the sake of political peace and tranquility of the country, following a series of anti-government protests sparked by the election results.
On the other hand, the opposition member assured in a message that during his confinement in the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas he met with Jorge Rodríguez and Delsy Rodríguez, vice president of the republic, who, according to his version, They showed up with a document that I had to sign to allow me to leave the country. In other words: either I signed it or I faced the consequences.reported Armando G. Tejeda, correspondent of The Day in Madrid.
At that moment I considered that I could be more useful free than locked up and unable to carry out the tasks entrusted to me by the sovereign. A document produced under duress is vitiated by absolute nullity due to a serious defect in consent.González explained.
He also noted that As the elected president of millions and millions of Venezuelans who voted for change, democracy and peace, they will not silence me. I will never betray them..
During this day, the Spanish Senate approved, thanks to the absolute majority of the right-wing Popular Party, a motion in which they recognize González as the legitimate president of the country and urge the Executive, of the socialist Pedro Sánchez, to do the same.
Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, thanked this parliamentary body for having placed on the side of the people of Venezuela.
Arrest warrant for Milei
On the other hand, the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced last night that he will process an arrest warrant against the President of Argentina, Javier Milei; his sister Karina, Secretary General of the Presidency, and the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, for the heist of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that was held in Buenos Aires in 2022 and was sent to the United States this year, in addition to announcing an investigation into human rights violations in Argentine territory.
The statement comes a day after an NGO and federal prosecutors asked the Argentine justice system to order Maduro’s arrest as part of a case for crimes against humanity in Venezuela.