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[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí] Leader of the Venezuelan opposition Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia This Friday he declared himself the elected president of Venezuela and announced that
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Leader of the Venezuelan opposition Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia This Friday he declared himself the elected president of Venezuela and announced that on January 10 he will return to his country to take office as president.
González Urrutia expressed this intention on October 4 this year at a press conference after participating in the Forum La Toja-Vinculo Atlantico, held in the Spanish city of O Grove (northwest), where he emphasized that Your stay in Spain is temporary.
When asked when he plans to return to his country, he replied as soon as possible, when democracy can be restored.
Shortly after, he recalled that January 10 is the founding date for the presidential inauguration after the July 28 elections, and he hopes that on that day he can accept the popular will expressed in the elections by eight million Venezuelans.
“I am going to take office as the elected president of Venezuela on January 10,” he emphasized.
As for the future that current President Nicolás Maduro might have, he noted that “whatever he wants.”
“I don’t interfere there”He later added that, given the hypothesis that Maduro could remain freely in Venezuela, “whatever he wants, as long as he accepts the terms and respects the Constitution.”
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Given the comparisons with what opposition leader Juan Guaido, who was recognized by several countries, including the United States and the European Union, as President of Venezuela, experienced in his time, he said the situations are different because he was elected by the Assembly and enjoys the support of the ballot box for voting.
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González Urrutia, who arrived in Madrid in early September to seek asylum after denouncing election fraud in his country, explained that he had to give it up in the face of political persecution with “untold pressure and extreme threats” against him and his family. in which he assured that this was the most difficult and demanding chapter of his life.
He asked the international community to accept the results of the presidential election after the Carter Center, a US organization that monitored the elections, released last Wednesday “original” voting records that showed González Urrutia winning with 67% of the vote. compared to 31% for Maduro.
In Venezuela, the Chavismo-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) claims that Maduro won this election, despite the fact that he did not publish protocols with disaggregated results.
González Urrutia assured that he now has to raise his voice from the responsibility placed on him by his character as “the elected president, thus recognized,” he said, “by millions of Venezuelans, eight million to be precise, and a large part of the international community.”
He explained that more than 30 countries, including Spain, signed a declaration last week after a meeting sponsored by the United States and Argentina “recognizing me as the elected president.”
The text of this statement refers to Gonzalez Urrutia as the person who received a “majority of votes” according to “publicly available election records.”
“Every day, support for my candidacy for the post of president-elect increases. And those who remain will join in the near future. “I am very pleased,” he emphasized.
However, he asked Spain to “make more efforts than ever” to put pressure together with the international community so that the popular sovereignty expressed on July 28 is asserted and respected in Venezuela.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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