“They believed that because of the persecution of our witnesses we would not receive the protocols and We digitized the protocols within 24 hours“Machado spoke during a demonstration in Caracas, where thousands of people gathered to defend the victory of González Urrutia, who – as anti-Chavismo insists – won the presidential elections.

The opposition claims that it has gathered through witnesses and members of the voting table“83.5%” of the records were subsequently uploaded to a website where any citizen can check the result using their identification number.

Machado declared in his speech, with which he concluded the protest, “the fifth stage” consists of “collecting” González Urrutia’s victory. and that “every voice is respected.”

There is nothing that is higher than the voice of the sovereign, and the sovereign has spoken in Venezuela (…). Let the world and everyone in Venezuela recognize that the elected president is Edmundo González Urrutia.

He also said that when Maduro saw himself “defeated and discovered,” he decided “the most cruel of all policies”which was “fixed in High Command Group and order a campaign repressionswhich was the most terrible and brutal in the history of Venezuela,” referring to the actions of state security forces during the post-election protests.

Machado recalled that this week Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression have condemned the Maduro government’s practices, which it calls “state terrorism”.

“The Commission has never said this since the military dictatorship of the Southern Cone. This is something else (…) and the world said it, condemns it“Machado assured.

The post-election protests have left more than 2400 detained and 25 deaths.

This Friday 22 countries, including Spain And European Union (EU) asked the Venezuelan authorities to put an end to the “violence” and, in addition, release “all those detainedincluding representatives of the opposition.”

This call has joined the call Permanent Council of the OASwhich was approved by consensus permission in which he undertakes to respect “human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

(EFE)