The Venezuelan president wished his electoral rival “everything goes well on his path and in his new life.”
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroreferred to the exile of his electoral rival, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and assured that “respects” his decision to go to Spain. The opposition leader left the country after the prosecutor’s office issued an arrest warrant for alleged conspiracy and usurpation of functions.
“I can tell the ambassador Gonzalez Urrutiawith which I have confronted hard after July 29, that I have been attentive to all this and I understand the step you have taken and I respect it., I hope you do well on your way and in his new life,” the president said.
Hours after the opposition leader left the country, Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodriguezwas the one who confirmed the news and, like Maduro, respected his decision. “Today, September 7, opposition citizen Edmundo González Urrutia left the country. Having voluntarily sought refuge in the embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Caracas for several days, he requested political asylum from that government,” he indicated on his social networks.
“Venezuela has granted the necessary safe-conducts for the sake of the country’s tranquility and political peace,” Rodriguez added in his message.
Edmundo González Urrutia, from exile: “Only the politics of dialogue can make us meet again“
Gonzalez Urrutia He left Venezuela this Saturday after the prosecutor’s office issued an arrest warrant for alleged conspiracy and usurpation of functions. Like the entire opposition and various international organizations, the candidate considered that the electoral process was not transparent and accused Maduro of fraud.
From Europe, the opponent said: “Only the politics of dialogue can make us meet again“, he wrote in a letter published in X and dated in Madrid, assuring that his decision to go into exile was made to “that things change” and build “a new stage for Venezuela.”
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said on Monday on Onda Cero radio that González Urrutia was going to request asylum and “which will be granted, of course.” “He is better off in Spain than indefinitely in the ambassador’s residence, in a regime of semi-clandestinity, or not to mention in a prison,” added Albares, defending the former diplomat’s decision to go into exile.
Upon his arrival in Spain, González Urrutia said: “I trust that we will soon continue the fight to achieve freedom and the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.“.
Source: Ambito
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