Senate of Colombia demands that Petro recognize Edmundo González as elected president of Venezuela

The Colombian Senate awaits a statement from Petro / Photo: La Mañana

The Senate of Colombia approved this Tuesday the 24th a resolution recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia as the “undisputed winner” of the last presidential elections, and urging the government of Gustavo Petro to publicly recognize his position as president-elect.

«It is public knowledge that the elections in Venezuela have been the subject of complaints of fraud, intimidation and repression of the opposition. Given this, it is imperative that the Government of Colombia adopts a clear and firm position in favor of democracy, aligning itself with the countries that have already rejected the fraudulent results,” says part of the resolution, approved with 48 votes in favor and six in favor. against.

With this, they join a similar proposal approved by the House of Representatives on September 16 where recognition is also requested of González Urrutia, who is in Spain after being a victim of “coercion” as reported in recent days.

UN Assembly

Gustavo Petro is in New York, where he participated in the 79th session of the United Nations general assembly. Although he did not directly refer to the Venezuelan issue in his speech, he did inform that he will hold meetings with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss this point.

«Let’s wait for a joint statement. There are factors that have to be decided at this moment, the governance of the United States itself comes into popular decision. “We have to wait to see who will be the next president of the United States and with that new government build a political solution to Venezuela’s problems,” Petro added.

The Senate proposal also highlighted that this recognition of “legitimate results is not only a show of support for democracy in the region, but also an action consistent with the principles of Colombia’s foreign policy, committed to the defense of human rights.” human rights and the rule of law.

Need

Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, of the Democratic Center, said that it was “fair and necessary for the Colombian Congress to support the Venezuelan people in the fight to achieve freedom (…) It is evident that the elected president of Venezuela is being persecuted today by the Maduro’s dictator regime, had to leave the country due to arbitrary, violent persecution, where they even pressured him to sign in an extortionate manner recognizing the electoral trap.

He reiterated that the opposition and the Venezuelans who voted for González Urrutia “deserve our support. “They have been brave and we will have to be brave to accompany them and also to face the same dangers that Colombian democracy has.”

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