Madrid/The Spanish Congress will debate this Tuesday on a Proposition of Non-Laws (PNL) that asks the Government to recognize the opposition Edmundo González Urrutia as the president of Venezuela. The initiative, which has no legal consequences, is expected to go ahead in the vote, which will be held on Wednesday, as the Basque National Party (PNV) confirmed this morning that the five deputy leaders will support the text.
The PNV spokesman, Aitor Esteban, has moved on this Tuesday the direction of the vote of his group, which will join PP, Vox, UPN and the Canarian Coalition, a total of 177 deputies of the 350 that are ‘ make up the Lower House.
“We are clear that we are always going to be against repression, dictatorship, obscurity and with Maduro, we cannot give him an inch,” said Esteban.
“We are clear that we will always face repression, dictatorship, obscurity and with Maduro, we cannot give an inch. “
The spokesman, however, said that he “understands” the position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, that the recognition of González as president “could harm the mediation situation that is Spain does and has been proven “effective”. when it comes to dealing with an opposition candidate’s application for political asylum.
The PNV, however, has asked the PP, the promoter of the campaign, who is also asking – in two other points that may or may not go ahead – to criticize repression Maduro and the disqualification of the former president of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , who knows how to understand “now” and “manage the situation.” “There are enough crude speeches and going beyond lines that do not make sense, looking more at internal politics than restoring democracy in Venezuela,” he said.
The Plenary Session of Congress is scheduled for this Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. peninsular time, although the NLP’s turn on Venezuela will arrive at 6:00 p.m., the time when the opposition María Corina Machado has called on Venezuelans to ‘remain in Madrid to gather in the Plaza de las Cortes to “claim” together that González be recognized as president-elect and sworn in on January 10, 2025.
María Corina Machado has called on Venezuelans living in Madrid to gather in the Plaza de las Cortes to “demand” together that González be recognized as president-elect
Machado has defended unity “today more than ever” to advance and overcome “all the obstacles.” “We are going to get the liberation of Venezuela and return our children home,” the opposition has predicted.
Leopoldo López, Henrique Otero and Antonio Ledezma will participate in the meeting, in which the former mayor of Caracas canceled the presence of González Urrutia, who landed in Spain on Sunday.
Ledezma said he hopes the Government of Pedro Sánchez can continue to give Venezuela “positive signals” and, after the “rescue” of Maduro’s main rival in the July 28 elections, they will formally recognize him as the winner that event. and president. In this sense, he recalled that Sánchez himself described González as a “hero” in a speech last Saturday, before the opponent’s departure to Spain was announced.
Sánchez will meet Edmundo González when he returns from China, where he is on an official visit, and depending on the time he arrives in Madrid next Thursday, he can do so the same day or Friday, he said from Shanghai , where it is. claims that any political reading of the presence of the opposition in Spain is inappropriate, as it is a humanitarian issue.
González Urrutia published a letter this Monday in which he explains to Venezuelans his decision to move to Spain and in which he insists that he made the decision thinking about his family, but also that “things” will change and that a new phase can open in Venezuela. .
In his letter, shared on the exile social network since after the elections of July 28.
“I made this decision thinking about Venezuela and that our destiny as a country should not be a struggle between pain and suffering,” he says. “I made it thinking about my family and all Venezuelan families at this time of so much tension and anxiety. I have done it so that things can change and we can build a new era for Venezuela.”
González recalled that he has always defended the “democratic values of peace and freedom” and that his commitment is not based on “personal ambition”. In addition, he pointed out that his decision “is a movement that reaches out to everyone” and he trusts that “therefore it will be brought back.” ”
“Only a policy of dialogue will bring us back together as comrades. Only democracy and the performance of the people can be the way for our future as a country and I will remain committed to this, “said González, who said that he was” or – suitable with the vengeance.”
Finally, he did not want to end his letter without thanking those who supported him both in Venezuela and abroad and without “claiming the work and effort of María Corina Machado who led this selection process “as well as” of the Unitary Platform for their work and commitment.”
