President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroassured this Saturday that the leader of the opposition Maria Corina Machado He is preparing to leave the Caribbean country because, he says, anti-Chavistas are “cowardly.”

“Today I tell you, the supposed queen bee is left without a bee and she is preparing Gucci suitcases (…) she knows what I’m saying and “La Sayona” (referring to Machado) is getting ready to leave, comrade, I say it too, they are cowards,” the president said at a demonstration called to celebrate his controversial re-election in the state of La Guaira (north).

Maduro recalled that several weeks ago he warned that the standard-bearer of Venezuela’s main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiahe will leave the country.

González Urrutia left Venezuela and arrived in Madrid on September 8, where he asked for asylum and where, over the past three weeks, he received recognition by the European Parliament and other international organizations as “president-elect” in the Venezuelan elections.

Maduro stated that “fascists promote hatred, division, intolerance, they seek violence, when they gather in groups they rebel, but when they fail they are cowards“.

The President noted that after two months of presidential elections, Chavismo secured “victory”, peace, economic growth, as well as social recovery plans.

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Opponents protested this Saturday in Caracas and other cities of the country against the official result of the presidential elections, because, as they insist, The winner with an overwhelming majority of votes was Gonzalez Urrutia..

The protest organized by the MHP was carried out according to the “swarm” principle, so citizens can “appear and disappear” quickly for safety reasons, Machado explained.

A former lawmaker who hid her whereabouts while the government labeled her a terrorist. had indirect participation in these demonstrationsthrough a recording played by citizens.

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“Each entry (of the vote) contains thousands, millions of stories, steps, tears, each entry is a testament to our strength, courage and our determination to be free and equal, every action contains the truth of sovereignty popularity is expressed in every vote,” Machado said in the audio recording.

In addition, he argued that every day the Maduro government “more lonely, isolated and weak“His brutal attacks are obviously a sign of desperation.”

(EFE)