“Outside the Constitution and the law, they falsely announce a winner of the presidential elections different from that proclaimed by the National Electoral Council“, says a statement from the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the document released by the opposition, which González Urrutia signs as “president-elect.”
They are accused of “the alleged commission” of crimes such as usurpation of functionsincitement to disobedience of the laws, incitement to insurrection and conspiracy.
Earlier, in a letter they published on social media, González Urrutia and Machado They called on the “conscience” of the military and police, asking them to stop the “repression” of opposition protests that have left at least eleven civilians dead according to human rights organizations.
There are more than 2 thousand detainees, according to Madurowhich claims that a “coup attempt” is underway.
“The high command is aligned with Maduro and his vile interests, while you are represented by those people who went out to vote (…), whose will was expressed on July 28 and you know“, points out the document by González Urrutia and Machado, addressing the State security forces.
In a statement, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said that investigations will be initiated into this “open incitement” to the troops to “disobey the laws”https://t.co/VTzSRwYso4
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Maduro was ratified on Friday by the National Electoral Council (CNE) as re-elected president with 52% of the votes compared to 43% for González, who was nominated as a representative of Machado, who had won the opposition primaries but was vetoed due to political disqualification.
The opposition maintains that His candidate received 67% of the votes, according to voting records he published on a website.
Government Chavistas have dismissed the validity of these documents.
“The new government of the Republic, Democratically elected by the Venezuelan people, it offers guarantees to those who fulfill their constitutional duty. Likewise, it emphasizes that there will be no impunity,” González Urrutia and Machado stated in their letter.
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