Nicholas Maduro

Caracas. Venezuelan prosecutors on Friday summoned opposition leader Edmundo González, who is under investigation for his allegations of fraud in the July 28 presidential election, to testify and warned that any violation of the law would result in an arrest warrant.

This is the third summons issued by the prosecutor’s office this week. The two previous ones were ignored by President Nicolás Maduro’s rival in the elections, considering that this body acts as a “political accuser” that would subject him to a process “without guarantees of independence and due process.”

“If you do not appear before this prosecutor’s office on the date indicated above,” the summons warns, “it will be considered that we are in the presence of a risk of flight (…) and a risk of obstruction (…) for which reason the corresponding arrest warrant will be processed.”

González Urrutia, who turns 75 this Thursday, has been in hiding since July 30, when he last appeared in public. Since then, he has only communicated through social media.

The summons, like the two previous ones, does not specify the capacity in which he was summoned: accused, witness or expert, according to Venezuelan law.

He is talking about “giving an interview in relation to the facts that this office is investigating” for the alleged commission of “usurpation of functions” and “forgery of public documents”, crimes that could theoretically lead to a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

The subpoena targets the website where opposition leader Maria Corina Machado posted copies of more than 80 percent of the voting records, which she says prove Gonzalez’s victory on July 28 and Maduro’s fraud.

The documents were dismissed by Chavismo and the Supreme Court ordered an investigation after validating the official result of the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared Maduro the winner with 52 percent of the votes.

González Urrutia will participate this Thursday via videoconference in a meeting of EU foreign ministers to present an overview of the situation in his country.

“The situation in Venezuela is critical. That is why I have invited the candidate who has presented results that demonstrate that [el presidente, Nicolás] “Maduro has not won this election,” Borrell said upon arriving at the meeting.

“The repression in Venezuela continues. Members of opposition groups have been arrested and disappeared. We are very concerned about the situation of opposition leaders,” added the head of the EU’s diplomacy.

“Preparing his escape”

González was an accidental candidate in the presidential election, after the disqualification of Machado, winner of the primaries of the main opposition coalition, the Unitary Platform.

“He turned out to be a coward, he’s hiding,” Maduro said ironically on Wednesday at a march to commemorate “the victory” a month before the elections. “And they tell me he’s preparing to escape.”

Maduro has called for jail time for himself and Machado, whom he also holds responsible for acts of violence in the post-election protests, which left 27 dead – two of them soldiers -, almost 200 injured and more than 2,400 detained, a hundred of them minors.

Attorney General Tarek William Saab had already announced a criminal investigation against both men for “inciting military insurrection,” after calling on the military to recognize their victory.

Jurists have classified these summons as irregular.

González was also declared in contempt by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) for ignoring the call to participate in the election certification process, which he and experts considered inappropriate.

One month after the elections, Machado led a demonstration in Caracas on Wednesday in which she claimed the victory of the opposition.

“Every day that passes we are moving forward, we have a robust strategy and it is working,” said Machado. “They say that the regime is not going to give in… We are going to make it give in and giving in means respecting the will expressed on July 28,” said the leader.

Caracas. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, in the strongest terms, the rude and insolent statement from the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, who, emulating the disastrous, failed and defeated Lima Group, intend to continue violating international law by committing an unacceptable act of interference in matters that only concern Venezuelans.the Venezuelan government ruled yesterday.

The statement stems from the international rejection that arose after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) validated the results of the elections in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro emerged as the winner.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil stressed that with this stance, the aforementioned governments “become complicit in the criminal violence that attacked health centers, schools, universities, transportation, national symbols and that left a balance of murders and injuries caused by transnational criminal gangs hired for this purpose.

Venezuela demands absolute respect for its sovereignty and independence, won after intense struggles against the most hostile empires that insist on getting their hands on natural resources that do not belong to them and are trying to impose today, once again, a policy of regime change typical of the coups d’état that the US empire has promoted in Latin America and the Caribbean for more than 100 years.the letter adds.

Once again they are trying to impose a puppet government

“Just as the people of Simón Bolívar and Hugo Chávez pulverized the attacks of the deceased Lima Group and its attempt to impose a puppet government in the past, through the failed adventure of Juan Guaidó, on this occasion they will pulverize each and every one of the actions that they try to initiate through their failed governments against the Venezuelan people.

History has shown that the fate that awaits those who dare to go against the dignity of the Bolivarian people is nothing more than international contempt and shame, as has been immortalized in the popular tale: Whoever messes with Venezuela, dries up!the document concludes.

The Brazilian government explained that it did not sign the statement for not agreeing with the tone and content of the text. Brazil added that it is one of the only countries that still dialogues with both sides of Venezuelan politics and must remain firm in its demand for transparencyindicated sources from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry consulted by the G1 portal.

Meanwhile, Spain and the European Union (EU) said they will not recognize Maduro’s victory until the minutes of the election are published. in an integral manner and the result may be verifiable.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stated that Europe will not recognize Maduro’s victory, despite the recent ruling by the TSJ declaring him re-elected, since We have not seen any evidence. As long as the results are not verifiable, there will be no recognition of them.said Borrell, who reported that work is underway to have the 27 establish a position in this regard.

The United Nations (UN) called on the Venezuelan authorities complete transparencywhile the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected in fact the ruling of the TSJ.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) joined the questions and called for the restoration the democratic order in the country and the rule of law.

The IACHR has questioned the validity and integrity of the ruling, which he considers to be outside the jurisdiction of the TSJ. In this regard, he regretted on social media that it intends to validate the data of the National Electoral Council (CNE) without publishing the official records.

The leaders of Cuba and Nicaragua, Miguel Díaz-Canel and Daniel Ortega, respectively, congratulated Maduro.

In this context, the prosecution will summon opposition leader Edmundo González to testify as part of a criminal investigation against him for his responsibility in publishing election results on a website.

You have to come to this appointmentsaid the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, in an appearance before the media to complement the investigations opened against him for various crimes, since he is accused of disobedience y usurpation of functions.

Saab pointed out that the publication of election results could constitute a crime and accused González of usurp the powers of the CNE. In this sense, he reproached him for now questioning institutions that he did consider hello good to run as a candidate.

Gonzalez, published in X that In the face of the attack against our freedoms and popular sovereignty, I call on all Venezuelans to unite in their defense, because what is at stake is no small thing.the opponent warned.