The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezstressed this Tuesday that “any political reading” made of the presence in Spain of the Venezuelan opponent Edmundo Gonzalez “is inappropriate” because his asylum in our country is “a gesture of humanity.”
From Shanghai, where he is on an official visit and after inaugurating the new headquarters of the Cervantes Institute, Sánchez also confirmed that will meet González this week.
Last Sunday, the same day that the head of the executive was flying to Beijing, it was learned that Edmundo González was traveling to Spain at his own request. The government has always insisted that there had been no political negotiation with the Maduro regime for González’s departure.
They will meet on Thursday or Friday
Sánchez confirmed that he intends to meet him as soon as he returns from China and, depending on the time of his arrival in Madrid, this thursday You can do it the same day or, if not, Friday. In this meeting, as he explained, he wants to know for himself how González and his family are doing after requesting asylum in Spain following an arrest warrant from the Venezuelan regime.
Also censored Criticism of the People’s Partywhose leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, came to ensure that The one who wins with the departure of Edmundo González from Venezuela is Nicolás Maduro because “the democratic politician who won the elections had to leave and the dictator who lost them remains and controls the government.”
The rest of the PP leaders have maintained the same line, considering that the presence of the Venezuelan opposition in Spain does not mean doing a service to democracy, but rather remove one problem from the Maduro dictatorship.
He won’t recognize Edmundo González
In fact, the PP is pushing for the government to recognize González as the winner of the July 28 elections in Venezuela. This Tuesday, the Congress of Deputies votes on a PP’s non-law proposal in which the Executive is invited to make this recognition.
PNV votes will be decisive for this initiative to move forward. The PSOE has already announced that it will vote against it because it continues to demand, according to the terms of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, THE presentation of electoral files so that they can be verified, because otherwise no alleged victory could be recognized.
With this proposal, Feijóo’s party also calls for an end to the repression against the protests, the release of political prisoners and to contribute to the personal safety of María Corina Machado and González Urrutia himself. They also demand that the government lead the recognition of González in the European institutions with the aim of accessing the presidency of Venezuela on January 10, 2025.
In the text, the PP takes advantage of the explanatory part of the proposal to accuse the former President of the Government José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the one who reproaches him “silence”a clear example, they say, “of this unacceptable lack of commitment to truth and justice.”
