The main opposition coalition of Venezuela On Tuesday he denounced “judicial harassment” against his candidate in the presidential elections, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawho received a second summons for a criminal investigation after reporting fraud in the July 28 elections.
“The Democratic Unitary Platform of Venezuela denounces before the country and the world the judicial harassment to which our presidential candidate is subjected Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawho overwhelmingly won the last presidential election on July 28“, the coalition said in a message posted on the social network X.
“The repeated citation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks to justify an execution order against our winning candidate, to accentuate his persecution“, added the Platform made up of ten opposition parties.
The prosecution is investigating Gonzalez Urrutia for the alleged commission of “usurpation of functions” and “forging of a public document”crimes that in theory can carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
González, 74, who has been in hiding for three weeks, had been summoned for the first time on Monday, but he believes that this is “a matter of time and place.”a summons without guarantees of independence and due process”. On Sunday, the attorney general pointed out, Tarek William Saabof being a “political accuser”.
He National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed the leftist president Nicolas Maduro winner of the elections with 52% of the votes, although without publishing the details of the result, which in turn was validated by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
The opposition, for its part, claims the victory of Gonzalez Urrutia and published on the web a copy of more than 80% of the voting records that he claims to have in his possession.
Maduro called the opposition a “coward,” while Saab blamed him and Machado for acts of violence in post-election protests that left 27 dead – two of them soldiers -, almost 200 wounded and more than 2,400 detainees.
Machado called for demonstrations on Wednesday, August 28, when the presidential elections will be held one month ago. chavismo He also announced street demonstrations on the same day.