The Venezuelan head of state, Nicolas Maduroreported that Blagio Pilierispokesman for former opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, He was arrested in the last few hoursThe opposition leader was accused of interfering in “ activities that promote ignorance of the authorities of their country“.
In view of this, Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the Venezuelan government’s action. “As it has been doing consistently, and within the framework of its ongoing commitment to the defense of human rights, The Argentine Republic reiterates its most emphatic condemnation of the recent illegal arrests of opposition leaders“, the text highlighted.
The arrest of the opposition leader in Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leaders denounced in recent hours that the leaders Biagio and Jesus Pilieri had been kidnapped and blamed the government of Nicolás Maduro. For its part, the ruling party confirmed the arrest of the spokesman, accused of having interfered in “activities that promote ignorance of the authorities of their country“.
Through state television, Maduro provided details of Pilieri’s arrest: “Today he is arrested by order of the Prosecutor’s Officefor being one of the main instigators to ignore the Public Powers.” In light of this, the opposition coalition Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) highlighted that the opponent is allegedly at the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin), in Caracas.
In addition, Maduro strongly crossed the former candidate González Urrutia and assured that the opposition is “hidden” and “intends to leave the country“. In addition, the official leader questioned: “Why did González Urrutia not attend the National Electoral Council (CNE)? Why did you refuse to sign the Electoral Power agreement to recognize the results of July 28, why did you ignore the Electoral Power?
For its part, Argentine Foreign Ministry expressed itself on the tense social and political situation in Venezuela through an official statement. In it, the national government denounced the arrest of three opposition leaders: “The Argentine Republic reiterates its most emphatic condemnation of the recent illegal arrests of opposition leaders Biagio Pilierinational coordinator of Convergencia Venezuela; of his son, Jesus Pilieriof the national youth of said party; of Perkins Rocha, legal coordinator of Vente Venezuela and representative of the Command with Venezuela before the National Electoral Council (CNE); and of Williams Davilapolitical secretary of the National Executive Committee of Democratic Action,”
“In this regard, the Argentine Republic endorses the statements of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), Roberta Clarke, made today at the extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), of condemnation of state terrorism practices in Venezuelaof the arbitrary use of force, of the judicial persecution and arrest of opponents, “forced disappearance, censorship and restrictions on freedom of expression, and obstruction of the work of human rights defenders,” the text stated.
The opposition denounced “judicial harassment” against González Urrutia
The Venezuelan opposition electoral coalition, Democratic Unitary Platform, denounced in recent days a “judicial harassment” carried out by the Nicolas Maduro’s government against the former candidate Gonzalez Urrutia The climate in Venezuela remains tense, following the elections held on July 28 in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner, and subsequent allegations of fraud by the opposition.
About what happened, the Public Prosecutor’s Office Venezuelan launched a criminal investigation against González Urrutia for the alleged crimes of “usurpation of functions” and “forging of public document“. The sentence for this crime is up to 30 years in prison.
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The prosecution had summoned him on Monday and again on Tuesday as part of the ongoing judicial process. However, the opponent did not appear, considering that it was “a summons without guarantees of independence and due process“, Along these lines, González Urrutia, called the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, “political accuser“.
The opposition party used its X account to denounce that the government was carrying out a “judicial harassment” against Edmundo González Urrutia. In addition, they assured that the opposition “won overwhelmingly the last presidential election on July 28.”
“The repeated summons of the Public Ministry seeks to justify a mandate of leadership against our winning candidate, to accentuate his persecution. We express our solidarity and support for Edmundo González Urrutia, who is persecuted because the government considers it a crime that he obtained no less than 8 million votes by the will of the Venezuelan people“, the statement said.
Source: Ambito
