The Venezuelan Parliament, controlled by Chavismo, is preparing this Wednesday a resolution that it hopes to approve later to urge the government of Nicolas Maduro to break off “all diplomatic, consular, economic and commercial relations” with Spain, after the Spanish Congress approved the recognition of the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia – exiled in the European country – as elected president.
During today’s session, the president of the National Assembly (AN, Legislative), the ruling party Jorge Rodríguez, asked the Foreign Policy Commission to meet immediately to prepare a resolution that the plenary “peremptorily approves” to ask “the Bolivarian government of the Republic of Venezuela to immediately break off all relations” with the European country.
“Let all the representatives of the legation of the government of the Kingdom of Spain and all the consulates and all the consuls leave here and we will bring ours from there, let them stay with their assassins, with their putschists, with their fascists, with their violence,” he said.
Rodriguez also demanded that the resolution establish that “all commercial activities of Spanish companies cease immediately,” in response to what he considered “the most brutal outrage” by Spain against Venezuela “since the time” when the Caribbean country was fighting for its independence, referring to the Congress’ decision.
“People who do not even choose their president commit the atrocity of thinking that they can appoint the president of Venezuela (…) They should be ashamed that in the 21st century a person of blood is the one who appoints the president in Spain, president of the government,” said the leader of the AN.
According to him, the European country “has become” a “refuge for murderers, fascists, putschists” and the “violent”, and he then cited anti-Chavista politicians exiled in Spain such as Leopoldo López.
