Venezuela’s Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodriguezreported on September 7 that the standard-bearer of the largest opposition coalition, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutialeft the country with a safe conduct granted “for the sake of political peace and tranquility,” after spending “several days” taking refuge in the Spanish Embassy, the country that will provide him with asylum.
«Today, September 7, opposition citizen Edmundo González Urrutia left the country. Having voluntarily sought refuge in the embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Caracas for several days, he requested political asylum from that government.»the official wrote on her Instagram account.
Rodríguez explained that the governments of Venezuela and Spain maintained the “relevant contacts” and, “in compliance with international law,” the opposition leader was granted the corresponding safe conduct to be able to leave the diplomatic headquarters and travel to the European country.
“This conduct reaffirms the respect for the law that has prevailed in the actions of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the international community,” said the vice president, who assured that more information on the matter will be provided in the coming hours.
Edmundo González traveled to Spain on a Spanish Air Force planeconfirmed the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, on the social network X.
Asylum
Rodríguez explained that the governments of Venezuela and Spain maintained the “relevant contacts” and, “in compliance with international law,” the opposition member was granted the corresponding safe conduct to be able to leave the diplomatic headquarters and travel to the European country. “This conduct reaffirms the respect for the law that has prevailed in the actions of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the international community,” said the vice president, who assured that more information on the matter will be provided in the next few hours.
Recently, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro assured that the anti-Chavez leader, who has been For several weeks he was “hidden” in a house in an affluent area of Caracasand was preparing to leave the country for Miami.
For the moment, the opposition coalition – Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – has not commented on the departure from the country of its standard-bearer, announced by Rodríguez.
Following the July 28 elections, in which the electoral body declared Maduro the winner, a political crisis broke out because the opposition claimed that González Urrutia won. This claim was supported by copies of “83.5% of the electoral records” that, according to the PUD, were collected by members and witnesses of the table, documents that the Executive claims are “false.” EFE
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