The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, declared this Friday (10) that she was “never in favor of criminalizing the political opposition”, in response to allegations about the arrest of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
The Venezuelan opposition team reported Machado’s arrest and release, which the government denied and classified as a “media distraction”.
Sheinbaum emphasized the importance of obtaining accurate information about what happened from María Corina herself and reiterated Mexico’s respect for national sovereignty.
“First, we need to listen carefully to the information. I believe she [Machado] will hold a press conference today to explain exactly what happened. In any case, we have never been in favor of criminalizing political opposition. We clearly respect the sovereignty of nations”, he highlighted.
She confirmed Mexico’s ambassador in Caracas as the country’s representative at Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration.
Understand the crisis in Venezuela
The Venezuelan opposition and the majority of the international community do not recognize the official results of the July 28 presidential elections, announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, which give victory to Nicolás Maduro with more than 50% of the votes.
The CNE results were never corroborated with the release of electoral records that detail the number of votes per polling table.
The opposition, in turn, published the minutes that it says it received from its party inspectors and that would give victory by almost 70% of the votes to former diplomat Edmundo González, an ally of María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was prevented from speaking. apply.
Chavismo claims that 80% of the documents released by the opposition are falsified. Maduro’s allies, however, do not show any electoral records.
The Venezuelan Public Ministry, in turn, began an investigation against González for publishing the minutes, alleging usurpation of electoral power functions.
The opponent was summoned three times to give testimony about the publication of the minutes and ended up taking refuge in Spain at the beginning of September, after having an arrest warrant issued against him.
Several opponents have been arrested since the beginning of the electoral process in Venezuela. Only after the July 28 election, at least 2,400 people were arrested and 24 died, according to human rights organizations.
Elections in Venezuela had an electronic ballot box and printed votes; understand
This content was originally published in “Never in favor of criminalizing opposition”, says president of Mexico about Venezuela on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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