Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and candidate Edmundo Gonzalez call on military and police stop the repressions and take the “side of the people.”

In a statement, Machado and Gonzalez said the opposition’s victory was “overwhelming” and that they had received “67% of the vote, while Nicolás Maduro received 30%.”

“However, Maduro refuses to admit that the whole country defeated him and, in the face of legitimate protest, it launched a brutal attack on democratic leaders, witnesses, members of the table and even ordinary citizens with the absurd goal of wanting to hide the truth while trying to corner the victors,” the statement said.

For this reason, Machado and Gonzalez called on the conscience of the military and police stand next to people and their families.

“And you are represented by those people who came out to vote, your colleagues in the National Armed Forces, your family and friends, whose will was expressed on July 28, and you know it.”

The Venezuelan opposition acknowledges that in all components of the National Armed Forces “there is a decision not to repress citizens who peacefully demand their rights and victory,” and therefore calls for the prevention of the actions of groups organized by the Maduro leadership, combining military and police units and armed groups outside the state, which They beat, torture and also kill, under the protection of the evil force they represent.

“You can and must stop these actions immediately. We call on you to prevent the regime’s violence against the people and to respect and ensure respect for the results of the July 28 elections.”

Maduro has carried out a coup d’etat that is contrary to the entire constitutional order and He wants to make them his accomplices.

Machado and Gonzalez call on the military and police to fulfill their institutional duties.

“Don’t repress people, accompany them” They are long.

At the same time, they ask all Venezuelans whose mothers, fathers, children, brothers and sisters, partners are members of the National Armed Forces or police officers, They demand that they not carry out repression, ignore illegal orders and recognize popular sovereignty. expressed in the vote on Sunday, July 28.

The statement said that “the new government of the Republic, democratically elected by the people of Venezuela” will provide guarantees to those who comply with their constitutional obligations and will assure that there will be no impunity.