The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurocalled for “calm” in the face of a new “criminal attack” against the national electrical system that, according to the Government, was the cause of the national blackout that occurred this Friday from 4:50 local time (8:50 GMT).
«As always, I am with the people and I am at the forefront of the situation, facing this criminal attack against the national electrical system. I have said it and I repeat it: Calm and sanity, nerves of steel!»the head of state said in a message on Telegram.
The Chavista leader blamed “fascism” for “attacking the people,” a “new attack” that everyone in the country – he added – will overcome “together.”
Hours earlier, the Minister of Communication, Freddy Nañezassured that this “sabotage” is part of the “coup plan” that “has been assumed” by the standard-bearer of the largest opposition coalition -the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)-, Edmundo Gonzalez the distanceand its greatest supporter, Maria Corina Machadowhose political disqualification the official hopes will remain in place for “the rest of his days.”
Later, the head of the Interior portfolio, Diosdado Cabello, warned that there will be “justice” for the “new electrical attack.”
This blackout occurs when the country is experiencing a political crisis after the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed President Nicolás Maduro the winner based on results that are still unknown in a disaggregated manner, which is considered by anti-Chavez supporters and various countries as one of the signs of “fraud” denounced by the PUD, which insists on González Urrutia’s “victory.”
The power outage occurred despite the “special 24-hour patrol and surveillance plan” of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) in “all electrical installations” implemented at the end of June by order of Maduro, who then denounced that “groups of the fascist extreme right” were preparing an “electrical war” to “harm” the country.
Various states in the Caribbean nation frequently experience power outages, in some cases lasting up to a week, according to reports from users in various inland regions and popular areas of Caracas on a regular basis.
The last major national blackout occurred in March 2019, when a large part of the country was without electricity for four days, for which the Government pointed to the opposition and USA y Colombialed then by Donald Trump e Ivan Dukerespectively. EFE (I)
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