The White House condemned Nicolás Maduro and representatives “for attempting to intimidate Venezuela’s democratic opposition” and called for opposition leader María Corina Machado’s right to “speak freely” to be respected, according to a National Security spokesperson on Thursday ( 9).
The comment was made after Machado’s team said she was detained in Caracas after participating in a protest against Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration, which is scheduled for this Friday (10).
“We have already condemned and continue to publicly condemn Maduro and his representatives for trying to intimidate Venezuela’s democratic opposition. Repression and intimidation cannot erase the fact that Edmundo González Urrutia is the true winner of the July 28 elections,” declared the National Security Council.
“We ask that María Corina Machado’s right to express herself freely be respected and that Maduro and his representatives stop persecuting the opposition,” he added.
Venezuela’s opposition reported this Thursday (9) that government agents shot leader María Corina Machado as she left a demonstration in Caracas. The former deputy had been in hiding for months.
Venezuela’s opposition claimed that the leader was released after being kidnapped.
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 Casa Branca condemns attempts to oppress the opposition in Venezuela on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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