The Prosecutor’s Office will summon Edmundo González for usurpation of the CNE

The Attorney General of the Republic, Towing William Saabwelcomed the decision issued by the Supreme Court of Justice, in which it declared admissible the electoral appeal filed by the head of state, ratifying the victory of Nicolás Maduro as president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, last Sunday, July 28.

He then announced that in the next few hours the citizen Edmundo González Urrutia will be summoned by the Public Ministry to give a statement about his authorship where he declares himself responsible for the page that has usurped the Venezuelan Electoral Power, “he will have to answer, he will have to come,” he said.

“In the next few hours, Edmundo González Urrutia will be summoned to the Public Prosecutor’s Office to give a statement in which he declares himself responsible for the website that usurps functions that correspond to the CNE,” Saab said at a press conference.

The prosecutor said that this is consistent with the ruling of the TSJ, which asked the MP to advance the investigations into these events. He also indicated that although it is not known whether the opposition member is in Venezuela, “he will have to face the situation.”

«The TSJ issued a ruling. We received a certified copy of the decision to incorporate it into the investigations that this MP is carrying out. These investigations are based on the serious calls from Edmundo González, who is not known to be in Venezuela. He only appears intermittently through spokespersons; but he does not show his face. He will have to show his face,» he added.

“He must attend this hearing to discuss his responsibility before, during and after July 28,” he reiterated.

Approval of the Contentious Appeal

He explained that the request for an amparo appeal that the Dignitary requested, “through which, having the right and world examples, he asked the Electoral Chamber to settle the controversy over the results of the past elections in which he was the winner.”

Saab mentioned that in his capacity as Attorney General, he participated in the three hearings convened by the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ, where 9 of the 10 former candidates who participated in the elections attended, notably the absence of Edmundo González Urrutia, who ignored the calls and disrespected the Judiciary.

He used his statements to cite as an example the cases that occurred in Brazil, Mexico and the United States, where the Court decided the presidency with George Bush; in Brazil with Jair Bolsonaro and declared Lula da Silva the winner; and there is the issue of Mexico, where those who went to court and the victory of the elected president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was ratified.

“The decision has been respected and the non-interference and free determination of peoples have been included in its articles, which is ratified here as respect. Yesterday the TSJ issued a ruling. We received a copy of the decision,” he said.

With information from El Universal