“It is seen, it is felt, President Edmundo.” This is one of the slogans heard this Tuesday afternoon in front of the Congress of Deputies, where hundreds of Venezuelans and opponents of the Nicolás Maduro regime came to demand the nomination as elected president of Venezuela of the anti-Chavista candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia. which is already in Spain since last Sunday after requesting political asylum.
According to sources from the Government Delegation to LaSexta, they approached the call as “at most about 900 people.” A large group in the Plaza de las Cortes, which was joined in the late afternoon by part of the hard core of the Popular Party (PP), as well as the former mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, as well as the opposition, Leopoldo López, and even González’s daughter.
Beyond the obvious role of her father, Carolina González also attracted attention. Surrounded by figures such as the PP spokesman in the Congress of Deputies, Miguel Tellado, she read a message of gratitude to the support of the Spanish government in offering political asylum to anti-Chavistas.
Likewise, he called the The international community will “redouble its efforts” efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela, while ensuring that the struggle for recognition of the opposition’s victory in the South American country “will continue until the end.” A slogan widely echoed by all the participants in the rally. Words that actually correspond to a message from the opponent himself that his son read.
Ledezma also spoke, celebrating that this Wednesday the Congress of Deputies will recognize González as president-elect. He did so moments after he and González’s daughter and Venezuelan opposition figure exiled in Spain, Leopoldo López, attended the debate which was held this Tuesday in the Lower House.
There, a non-legal proposal was discussed at the request of the popular group in which the recognition of González Urrutia as the winner of the Venezuelan elections of July 28 by the Spanish government. Although the initiative has no legal significance, it nevertheless has a certain symbolic value.
In addition to recognition, the PP proposal calls for end of repression against the demonstrationsthe release of political prisoners and contribute to the personal security of Machado and González Urrutia, asking the Executive to lead the recognition of González in the European institutions, with the aim of taking office on January 10, 2025. inauguration as President of Venezuela.
It was following this issue that will be discussed in the Congress of Deputies that the leader of the coalition that sought to take power from Maduro, María Corina Machado, called for the protest through social networks. “Spain has the opportunity to stand with the Venezuelan people,” said other organizers of the demonstration.
Another of the most repeated slogans this Tuesday afternoon was “Mature criminal”“, “No more torture from the narcodictatorship”, “Brave Venezuela, your people are present”. At one point, they sang the country’s anthem a cappella and observed a minute of silence “for the victims of Maduro”.
