Edmundo González calls Tarek William Saab “a political accuser”

||The Little Newspaper Editorial Staff

**On the night of August 25, Edmundo González Urrutia sent a new message to Venezuelans in response to the accusations of the Prosecutor’s Office hours before his summons scheduled for next Monday at 10 in the morning.**

The opposition candidate spoke out against the investigation against him for the publication of the minutes of the July 28 presidential elections that were collected by the Venezuelan right.

“Venezuelans, men and women. On this occasion, I make a statement before you, who are the guarantors of popular sovereignty,” González Urrutia said in a video posted on his social media.

“The Public Prosecutor’s Office intends to subject me to an interview without specifying the condition under which I am expected to appear and pre-qualifying crimes that were not committed. The Attorney General of the Republic has repeatedly behaved like a political accuser, condemns in advance and now promotes a summons without guarantees of independence and due process,” he denounced.

In light of the increasing persecution of dissidents, Edmundo González urged Nicolás Maduro to “understand for once that the solution is not in repression, but in independent and reliable international verification of the records, which cannot be replaced by a sentence issued outside the Constitution.”

González Urrutia stressed that “the truth about what happened on July 28 is what will save democratic institutions” and reiterated his request that “for the peace and well-being of the country, the minutes be presented.”

«We demand respect for the popular will expressed in the elections of July 28, which largely favored the political change represented by my candidacy. We encourage the search for formulas that, with strict submission to popular sovereignty, allow for an orderly, peaceful transition with guarantees for all. Venezuela is experiencing hours of uncertainty and unrest as a result of your efforts to violate the will for change. The minutes are peace. Long live a free Venezuela. Glory to the Brave People,» he concluded.