Edmundo González, President-elect of Venezuela, has once again assured that he will take office in Caracas on January 10. The opposition leader defeated dictator Nicolas Maduro in the last presidential elections on July 28, but electoral fraud and threats from the regime forced him to travel to Spain to seek asylum. González is once again insisting he will take over as president after the United States recognized him as Venezuela’s president-elect last week.
“On July 28, the Venezuelan people issued a sovereign mandate that I commit to fulfilling. I was the president with the most votes in the history of the country and this victory was proven by digitalization and publication of 84% of official minutes”González said this Monday on Colombian radio. Venezuela’s president-elect said he continues to work “day after day, both inside and outside the country, to generate the necessary pressure” to force the Maduro regime leave power. “Venezuela will not be able to recover until the political change that will allow the economic change it needs takes place, that is the sad reality,” González said.
The Leader of the Opposition also spoke Juan Guaido, who was appointed interim president of Venezuela and compared the situation to the current situation. “Guaidó He was appointed president on the basis of an article in the National Constitution. In this case, more than seven million Venezuelans voted for the option of Edmundo Gonzalez and it’s proven. “I was the winner of this election,” said the Venezuelan president-elect.
The presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28 gave victory to Edmundo González, opposition candidate, according to minutes published by the opposition and after complaints of lack of transparency from many international observers such as the Center Carter. He National Election Centerunder the orders of Nicolas Maduro, gave victory to the dictator, who proclaimed himself president the day after the elections.
The opposition and the Venezuelan people, with González and Maria Corina Machadotook to the streets to protest the regime and call for a transition in government. Dictatorship forces suppressed the protests, leaving dozens dead and hundreds illegally detained. Ultimately, González had to go to Spain to seek asylum, after Venezuelan prosecutors issued an arrest warrant against the president-elect.
