The presidential candidate of Venezuela’s largest opposition coalition, Edmundo González Urrutia, said on Saturday that he will ensure that the decision Venezuelans made in the presidential elections is respected, which is – he claims – his victory.
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“We will ensure that your decision is respected and we will begin the re-institutionalization of Venezuela”wrote González Urrutia on the social network X, six days after the elections, after which the National Electoral Council (CNE) named President Nicolás Maduro as the winner.
The candidate for the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) said that Venezuelans “clearly” expressed their will last Sunday, July 28, in the presidential elections.
He also stressed that Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the official results provided by the electoral body.
Thousands of Venezuelans protested this Saturday in several cities across the country, such as Anaco, Cagua, Maracay, Valencia, Cumaná, Barinas and Maracaibo, among others, in addition to Caracas, against the results made public by the CNE.
The protests, called by the largest opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – took place normally and without significant incidents in most cities, with a few exceptions, such as in Cagua (Aragua state, north), where the Vente Venezuela (VV) party reported that protesters were repressed with tear gas.
Anti-Chavez protesters in several cities in Venezuela
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado took part in the protest in Caracas, after declaring that she fears for her life.
Machado advocated maintaining a “peaceful and civic” struggle with “strength” since, he said, the elections of July 28 marked a “milestone” on which the “transition to democracy” began in the Caribbean nation.
This is the second large-scale demonstration to be held at the request of the majority opposition, which claims that its presidential candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, won the election by a wide margin, supporting its claim with the 80% of voting records it claims to have in its possession and which it has posted on a website.
Chavismo insists that the documentation made available to citizens by the opposition is not real, while the National Electoral Council has not made public the minutes that, it assures, it will deliver to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), if so requested.
Thousands of anti-Chavez supporters protested this Saturday in various Venezuelan cities such as Anaco, Cagua, Maracay, Valencia, Cumaná, Barinas, as well as Maracaibo, against the results of the presidential elections provided by the National Electoral Council (CNE), according to which President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected.
The protests, called by the largest opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – have taken place normally and without significant incidents in most cities, with a few exceptions, such as in Cagua (Aragua state, north), where the Vente Venezuela (VV) party reported that protesters were repressed with tear gas.
Also in the state of Sucre (northeast), according to local media reports with audiovisual evidence, motorcyclists identified as “Chavista collectives” launched tear gas bombs against a peaceful demonstration, which continued a few meters from the site, despite everything.
Meanwhile, in the Barinas region (west), VV continued, Citizens took to the streets to “pray for peace,” for an end to persecution, for the “fallen,” as well as for the “political prisoners.”
The party said that in Anaco and Valencia, Venezuelans demanded respect for the “popular sovereignty” expressed last Sunday in the presidential elections.
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