The former socialist president José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero acknowledged having “facilitated” the departure of Edmundo González from Venezuela, but he avoided talking about Nicolas’ drug dictatorship Wall to “maintain trust”.
“You can understand that I know everything that happened and you can understand that I owe it to the people who participated. And also, because the future can determine it, you may have to perform other tasks in the future. difficult situation what has Venezuela” he said in statements to the media on Tuesday before presenting his book Democracy and its rights at the Athenaeum of Madrid.
These were his first statements in several months, following the Venezuelan electoral fraud this summer, which he witnessed first-hand and which, according to the opposition, produced the winner. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiatoday a refugee in Spain.
Thus, Zapatero avoided commenting on the outcome of the elections and whether the Spanish government should recognize Edmundo González as president, as the Congress of Deputies did.
Similarly, Zapatero declined to take a position on whether Wall He did not present the electoral report, in which, according to the opposition, the victory of Edmundo González is demonstrated. “I am not going to make assessments because I have to preserve that trust. The only way to preserve trust is to maintain that attitude of discretion, prudence and serenity,” he emphasizes.
Shouts of “traitor!” and “coward!”
On the other hand, dozens of Venezuelan opponents gathered this Tuesday to insult the former president of the government, after Nicolas Maduro’s fraud in the Venezuelan elections of July 28. The demonstrators accused the socialist with cries of “traitor!“, “coward!“, And “sold!“, among others, in front of the doors of the Ateneo de Madrid.
“Today for Venezuela, tomorrow for Spain” was another proclamation chanted by the protesters. Zapatero positions himself as one of the main supporters of the dictatorship of Nicolas MaduroThe socialist attended the elections as an observer, alongside other left-wing leaders from Latin American countries, invited by the regime.
Likewise, the former president defended his actions before journalists during and after the elections, after which he at no time acknowledged the electoral fraud committed by the dictator. chavista“That’s what the animators do, maintain trust because it is a duty of loyalty, I owe it to the people who participated. And also because in the future I may have to carry out a mission in Venezuela. I will always try to make that the attitude of this country,” Zapatero explained.
Demonstrators protesting against Zapatero in Madrid. pic.twitter.com/gPXBA0X4eq
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