The main opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia during the last elections in Venezuela, On Saturday, he urged President Nicolás Maduro to stop “the violence and the persecutions” against demonstrators who came out to protest and denounce fraud.
“Mister Nicolas Maduro I call on you on behalf of all Venezuelans to stop the violence and persecution and Immediately release all compatriots arbitrarily detained“, González Urrutia asked in a video posted on social media account X.
On Sunday, July 28, the presidential elections were held in Venezuela where Nicolás Maduro was reelected with 52% of the votes followed by González Urrutia with 44%, according to the National Electoral Council. These results are unknown for the opposition to the cry of fraud. From With Venezuelathe party of Urrutiaclaims to have copies of almost all of the electoral records that They are declared winners with more than 60% of the votes.
“Demanding that our Constitution be complied with is not a crime, Protesting peacefully to enforce the will of millions of Venezuelans is not a crime, “Acting as an electoral witness, taking care of the minutes and making them public is not a crime,” González Urrutia stressed in his video.
So much Gonzalez Urrutia as Corina Machadothe leader of Con Venezuela who could not run in the elections because she was disqualified by the justice system of her country, are investigated now for “incitement to disobedience”, “computer crimes” and “conspiracy”They deny the charges and denounce persecution by what they call the Maduro “regime.”
Venezuela’s Supreme Court says its election decisions will be “unappealable”
He Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela will start a “expertise” from the evidence collected during an appeal requested by President Nicolás Maduro to “certify” the electoral results of July 28 released by the CNE. His decision will be final, he announced on Saturday.
“This electoral chamber continues with the expert appraisal initiated on August 5, 2024, in order to produce the final judgment that responds to this appeal,” said Judge Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez, president of the TSJ and the electoral chamber. Whatever the TSJ determines “will be considered a res judicata, as this jurisdictional body is the highest authority in electoral matters, so its decisions are unappealable and binding.”Rodriguez added.
He TSJ He called the ten candidates who participated in the elections to appear after accepting an appeal by Maduro, following allegations of fraud by the opposition, for the highest court to certify the process. González Urrutia did not respond to the summons because appearing would put his freedom and the results of the July 28 elections at risk. who claims to have won.
“If I go to the Electoral Chamber (of the Supreme Court of Justice, TSJ) in these conditions, I will be in absolute vulnerability due to defenselessness and violation of due process, and I will put at risk not only my freedom, but, more importantly, the will of the Venezuelan people,” González Urrutia said in a statement published on his social networks on August 8.
Source: Ambito
