The arrival of Edmundo Gonzalez in Spain, where he was granted political asylum by the government, was analyzed yesterday by EL ESPAÑOL from two angles.
Edmundo’s departure from Venezuela, where his life was in danger, is a personal relief for him and his family.
But politically, his exile represents a victory for Nicolas Madurowhich thus gets rid of the winner of the July 28 elections and sees the way clear for its continued existence in power.
The question now facing the international community and millions of democratic Venezuelan citizens is: what to do now?
Because Edmundo’s escape, although understandable from a humanitarian point of view, focuses the attention of the Bolivarian tyranny on Maria Corina Machado and forces the democratic parties to practically start the work of opposing Maduro from scratch.
But Venezuela cannot go through the same cycle of building and consolidating an opposition platform, repressing and harassing its top leaders and, once they become important enough to pose a danger to the regime, imprisoning or exiling them.
This is what happened with Leopoldo Lopez And Antonio Ledezmawho also resides in Spain, and what happened to Edmundo González, who became an unexpected candidate for the presidency of Venezuela after the rest of the candidacies were banned by the Chavista courts and who, after winning the elections of July 28, became the target to be demolished by the dictatorship of Nicolas Madura.
Hence the pressure that the regime exerted on him and whose ultimate objective was his departure from the country before January 10. date on which Edmundo González should have been proclaimed president-elect of Venezuela.
This is why it is important that, whatever path the Venezuelan opposition decides to take from now on, this vicious circle that is incinerating all the opposition leaders one by one through threats and coercion is definitively broken.
Whether in Venezuela or in Spain, Edmundo González is the legitimate winner of the July 28 elections. and it is up to him to be sworn in as president in January.
The opposition to Chavismo must therefore make it clear that Edmundo’s exile does not change the essential: that Chavismo stole the elections, that the opposition candidate did not leave his country of his own free will and that nothing will prevent the president from taking office. in January is part of the winning list of the elections. Black cat or black cat, The important thing is to know who will be appointed president in January..
