The Venezuelan opponent, Edmundo Gonzalezwho arrived in Spain last Sunday to request asylum, thanked “deeply” the Spanish government for welcoming and protecting him in “these moments”.
This was stated by the opponent in a statement he shared on his social networks and in which he assured that the decision to leave his country had been taken precisely. “I think of Venezuela” and that “our destiny as a country cannot, must not be one of conflict of pain and suffering.”
Thus, he stressed that he had thought of his family and “all the Venezuelan families in this region.” moment of so much tension and anguish“His intention is also that with this asylum “things will change and we will build a new stage for Venezuela.”
His commitment, he said, “is not based on personal ambition,” but rather this decision is a “gesture that is addressed to everyone and I hope that it will be reciprocal as such.”
In his statement, Gonzalez insists that it is “incompatible with resentment” and that “Only a policy of dialogue can make us rediscover ourselves as compatriots.“Only democracy and the realization of the popular will can be the way forward for our future as a country and I will remain committed to it,” he commented.
The Venezuelan opponent ended up emphasizing “the people deprived of their freedom who supported me.” “Their freedom is a great priority for me, an inalienable demand,” he added.
