The president of the Venezuelan Congress, Jorge Rodriguez, On Tuesday he requested the arrest of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and Maria Corina Machadofollowing the escalation of tension that is being experienced in Venezuela Since the elections held on Sunday, which declared the winner Nicolas Maduro, accused of fraud.
In a speech, Rodriguez said that “There can be no consideration for fascism, there is no dialogue, there is no procedural benefit. Fascism cannot be forgiven.”
“There is no compromise with fascism, the laws apply. With this I mean that the Public Ministry has to act as it is acting, not only with the criminals, their bosses have to go to jail, those who ordered them, those who paid them, and when I say bosses, I don’t just mean them.” Maria Corina Machado, who must go to jail, I am referring to Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, because he is the head of the fascist conspiracy that they are trying to impose in Venezuela. That is the truth.“, the official added.
In line with that, Rodriguez added: “That whole supposed commando was not a campaign commando, it was a commando of violent action to try to sow a civil war in Venezuela. That was what they tried yesterday. There is no compromise with fascism, there is no negotiation with fascism, and fascism is not granted procedural benefits. The full force of the laws of the Republic applies to him.”
The National Assembly of Venezuela recognized the result
Prior to Rodriguez’s words, The National Assembly of Venezuela, with a Chavista majority, expressed its recognition the official result of Sunday’s elections.
The legislative body supported through an agreement “to the electoral power, in recognition of the extraordinary work carried out, and the results issued.”
In addition, he congratulated the “glorious people” for the “peaceful, democratic and patriotic” election day, and rejected “any act of violence, hatred or aggression that seeks to generate a process of destabilization and non-recognition of the results.”
The first newsletter of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, obtained 51.2% of the votes, compared to 44.2% for the candidate of the main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo González Urrutia..
“Without a doubt, this Sunday, July 28, democracy triumphed in our country, once again, the will of the Venezuelan people triumphed”said Chavista Grecia Colmenares when presenting the agreement.
In contrast, opposition deputy of the PUD, Bernabé Gutiérrez, demanded that the CNE publish each of the minutes issued in the more than 15,000 voting centers that were enabled during the elections.
Protests in Venezuela over election results
At the time when the document was being discussed in Parliament, Thousands of Venezuelans gathered in front of the United Nations (UN) offices in Caracas, called by the majority opposition.
Maria Corina Machado assures have 73% of the minutes issued in the voteswhich would give victory to Edmundo González Urrutia by a wide margin.
Multiple protests have broken out in Caracas and in much of the country in rejection of the official results, which in some cases were met with repression by police and military forces.
While the opposition claims that the demonstrations are “spontaneous and legitimate expressions”the Government calls them “criminals” and “terrorists”, while denouncing a coup “forged anew” by “extremist right-wing fascist factors.”
For the moment, the clashes between security forces and protesters have left a balance of at least 11 dead and around 100 injured.
Source: Ambito
