Leader of the Venezuelan opposition Edmundo Gonzalez This Friday, he proclaimed himself president-elect of his country, as confirmed by “the polls and a good part of the international community”, and asked Spain to help him assert his position and respect sovereignty popular.
González made this request in his speech at the Forum La Toja-Vínculo Atlántico in front of an auditorium in which were present the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, who, together with the rest of those present They expressed their solidarity with the representative of Venezuela through prolonged applause and affectionate greetings at the end of his speech.
There, the opposition leader assured that His departure from the country is “only temporary” and that he was forced to do so by “pressures which affected my family life”. Today, from Spain, he says he must speak without attachment and denounce a regime like that of Nicolas Maduro which “intimidates, forces society to maintain forced silence and maintains a communications curfew” somewhat cushioned thanks to journalism. digital and social networks.
González described the situation in his country: “On the one hand, there is democracy and justice; on the other, authoritarianism and abuse. But there are not two Venezuelas. There is only one, the democratic one, supported by millions of votes obtained on July 28 and this precisely demonstrated, after this exemplary civic day, how deeply democratic culture is rooted in the soul of the Venezuelan.
These words were spoken as “elected president, therefore recognized by millions of Venezuelans, eight million to be exact, and by a good part of the international community.
And in fact, he asked for help from Spain so that his charge would be effective: ““I ask you what this free, plural and democratic Spain can do under pressure from the international community.”
