Venezuela’s Parliament, controlled by allies of the country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, presented a bill on Tuesday (17) to “evaluate” the breaking of diplomatic and commercial relations with Spain, in response to the Spanish Congress’ decision to recognize opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia – exiled in the European country – as president-elect.
The document, read during a parliamentary session, asks that “the government [regime] Venezuelan government to evaluate, within a peremptory period, the breaking of diplomatic and commercial relations with the Kingdom of Spain, as a reciprocal action to the gross and interfering proposal” of the Spanish Congress against “Venezuelan constitutionality”.
On the 11th, the Spanish Congress, with the opposing vote of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), which is that of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, approved a proposal promoted by the Popular Party (PP) – the largest opposition party – asking the government to recognize González Urrutia, who arrived in Madrid on September 8 to request asylum, as president of Venezuela.
González Urrutia was defeated by Maduro in the July 28 elections, according to the official result announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which however did not release the voting records, as per the rules.
Maduro’s reelection is contested not only by the opposition, which considers that he was the victim of electoral fraud, but also by other countries.
In this sense, the Venezuelan Parliament rejected what it defined as “the nefarious resolution promoted by the fascist right of the Spanish Congress” and asked the parliamentarians of the European country to “respect the decision of the Venezuelan people, who sovereignly elected” Maduro.
The Venezuelan Parliament’s project points to the Spanish Congress’ decision as an “action that seeks to disregard the democratic institutionality” of Venezuela, as well as the “sovereign will of an entire people.”
The text also says that, in recent years, the “Spanish far-right has sheltered convicted and confessed criminals, fascists and terrorists, who, together with the Venezuelan right, promoted failed coups” in the South American country and “the explosion of violence to generate political and social destabilization”.
“We will never accept that any foreign government or international organization imposes conditions and interferes in our internal affairs,” adds the document presented by the Chavistas.
The bill was presented at the request of Parliament President Jorge Rodríguez, who last week called for a resolution to be drafted, which he hopes will be approved, calling on the regime to break off “all diplomatic, consular, economic and commercial relations” with Spain.
Rodríguez argued that the resolution should establish that “all commercial activities of Spanish companies be immediately interrupted,” in response to what he considered to be “the most brutal outrage” by Spain against Venezuela “since the times” in which the South American country fought for its independence.
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