The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezwill receive the opposition candidate this Thursday morning at the Moncloa Palace Edmundo Gonzalez, as reported by opposition sources. This meeting takes place less than 24 hours after the Congress, at the request of the PP, demanded that the Executive recognize him as the elected president of Venezuela.
González arrived in Madrid last Sunday on a Spanish Air Force plane, at his own request, after spending a few days hidden in the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas. The government has always insisted that there were no political negotiations with the Maduro regime for González’s departure.
According to the Executive, Edmundo Gonzalez has the intention to seek asylumwhich will be granted. Sanchez’s intention, as he himself confirmed this Tuesday, is first hand knowledge How are González and his family? after requesting asylum in Spain following an arrest warrant from the Venezuelan regime.
From China, where he was on an official trip when the Venezuelan opponent arrived in Spain, Sánchez defended that allowing González’s arrival in Spain was “a gesture of humanity and civic commitment” of Spanish society and its government with people who “suffer persecution and repression.”
Likewise, on the political level, he has defended the government’s position since the July 28 elections in Venezuela, demanding the publication of all the minutes and not recognizing the victory of Nicolás Maduro, in addition to working for the unity of the EU “so that” unity allows us to have a space for mediation by the end of the year, so that we can find a solution that reflects the democratic will expressed in the elections by the Venezuelan people.
The head of the Executive maintained that this position is “pure common sense” and criticized the PP for systematically opposing the Government’s initiatives, clearly referring to the non-law proposal voted on a few hours later in the Congress of Deputies.
Finally, the PNL was validated with the support of the PP, Vox, the Canarian Coalition PNV, the Navarro Popular Union and the vote against the PSOE, Sumar and the usual partners of the Government, among which Junts was not present, who was absent from the vote to attend the events of the Diada. In addition, the former minister José Luis Ábalos abstained.
For his part, González has not yet made any public statements since he arrived in Madrid accompanied by his wife and leaving behind one of his daughters and two grandchildren in Caracas, the other having lived in Spain for years.
The opposition figure, a veteran diplomat, published a letter on Monday in which he thanked the Spanish government for the protection it had given him and explained that he had made the decision with his family and Venezuela in mind.
“Only the policy of dialogue can bring us together as compatriots. Only democracy and the realization of the popular will can be the path to our future as a country and I will remain committed to this,” he said in a letter shared on his social networks.
This Tuesday, during the rally in front of Congress to debate the PP proposal, his daughter Carolina read a message on his behalf to the hundreds of Venezuelans gathered. In it, González calls on the international community to “redouble its efforts to restore democracy and freedom in Venezuela.”
“The will of the people expressed on July 28 must be respected (…) María Corina and I assure you that this fight that we have started will continue until we achieve the objectives that we have set for ourselves,” he said.
