He Public Prosecutor’s Office of Venezuela reported this Friday that it will summon “in the next few hours” the presidential candidate of the majority opposition, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiadue to a criminal investigation against him, due to the alleged commission of crimes associated with the complaint of electoral fraud made by the anti-Chavez movement.
The Attorney General, Towing William Saabhe announced that he will later announce, “in time, manner and place”, the details of this summons, with which they hope that the standard-bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) Talk about the website where electoral records were published that, according to the anti-Chavez movement, confirm his victory in the July 28 elections.
“He must come to this hearing to speak, in a consequential and successive manner, about his responsibility before, during and after July 28, for his contumacy, his disobedience to the authorities.”the prosecutor said in a speech broadcast on state channel VTV.
Saab hopes that the opposition “makes statements about his authorship” in the publication of this data, which – he stressed – “has usurped” a task “that only corresponds” to the National Electoral Council (CNE)which has not yet published the disaggregated results confirming the announced victory of Nicolas Maduro at the polls.
“He does not show his face, no one knows where he is,” said the prosecutor, referring to González Urrutia’s decision to remain “in safekeeping” in the face of threats from Chavismo, which has called for jail time for him and his main supporter, Maria Corina Machado.
He considered that the anti-Chavez man “is hiding” due to “his extreme cowardice, terror and fear of justice” but, he insisted, “he will have to face” the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The prosecutor’s announcement comes a day after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) confirmed Maduro’s victory, which has been rejected by numerous countries that have asked the Venezuelan authorities to publish the disaggregated results, as established in the schedule.
Among the crimes mentioned by the Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation against González Urrutia are usurpation, conspiracy and association to commit a crime. EFE (I)
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