Maria Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, warned this Wednesday a group of countries about risk of being detained in your country, where, he condemned, they occurred “serious events” in connection with the presidential elections on July 28.

“Currently my teams are all over the country They face the risk of enforced disappearances in the future, and I myself may be subject to arbitrary detention.“The former MP said in a letter addressed to 18 countries in America, Europe and Africa, as well as to the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell.

Policy, deprived of the right to hold public office until 2036insisted he will fight for “free elections” in July when head of state Nicolas Maduro seeks his second consecutive re-election.

In his opinion, this “Extreme diplomatic resources must be deployed” so the electoral guarantee agreements signed between the government and the main anti-Chavista coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), are “fully implemented.”

To achieve this goal, he emphasized, the support of these countries is necessary.”It is extremely important to make progress along a peaceful path, a democratic, constitutional and electoral path to an orderly transition to democracy and freedom.”

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The liberal, who nominated historian Corina Joris as a presidential candidate due to obstacles to participating in the elections, assured that this name could be entered the race 10 days before the election, so he hopes that negotiations will open that path.

Joris, without political or administrative obstacles, could not be registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE), which nevertheless accepted the candidacy of diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, little known in the country, as a representative of the opposition majority.
Machado stressed that the electoral agreement signed last October“was completely violated” by the government and accused Maduro of creating “obstacles and obstructions.” to participate in the July elections.

(EFE)