As expected, the Venezuelan Public Ministry, dominated by Chavismo, asked this Monday (2) that an arrest warrant be issued against the former opposition candidate, Edmundo González.
According to a ruling to which the website Efecto Cocuyo had access, assistant prosecutor Luis Ernesto Dueñez Reyes requested the arrest of the opposition leader on suspicion of six crimes: usurpation of functions, falsification of public documents, instigation to disobey the law, conspiracy, sabotage to damage systems and criminal association.
The request was sent to a first instance court specializing in terrorism-related cases.
González had been summoned three times by the Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office to testify in an investigation into who was responsible for an opposition website that made copies of the voting records for the July 28 presidential election available.
These documents prove that González won the election, contrary to the official result of the Chavista National Electoral Council (CNE) ratified by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), also controlled by the regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro.
González did not respond to any of the summonses and Attorney General Tarek William Saab had said that he would request his arrest if he did not appear for the third and final summons, scheduled for Friday (30).
On Monday, the president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, had asked the Spanish government to receive González at the European country’s embassy in Caracas to grant him asylum, pointing out the risks that he could be killed or arrested.
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