The Government of Venezuela expressed this Tuesday that the Foreign Minister of Colombia, Luis Gilberto Murillo, does not have the “morality to speak” about the Caribbean country, after he reiterated that his nation will not recognize the victory of President Nicolás Maduro in the elections of the 28th. July until “dispelling any doubt” about the “legitimacy” of the electoral results.
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“Chancellor Murillo, neither you nor any Colombian institution have the right, much less the morality, to talk about Venezuela, it is not a matter that concerns you, it is definitely not your problem,” the Foreign Minister of the Caribbean country said on Telegram. Yván Gil.
Gil called Murillo a fascist
In that sense, he urged an end to “gross interference and seeking headlines that only the paramilitary and fascist right enjoys.”
“Although the Colombian oligarchy, allied with its gringo bosses, dislikes revolutionary governments, such as that of President Nicolás Maduro, here the Venezuelan people spoke clearly and loudly. We do not owe explanations to you or to your decrepit Congress, dedicate yourself to your problems, which you must have enough.”Gil added.
Murillo, during a debate in the Senate on the Executive’s position regarding the Venezuelan elections, assured that Colombia proposes that, “in order to dispel any doubt, the process of publishing voting records must be carried out” and “it must be demanded that there is impartial international oversight.
“The Colombian Government respects the principle of sovereignty and independence of the States. We are going to continue working and it is something that Venezuelans must resolve, but there are serious doubts of legitimacy and legality that must be dispelled, and that can only be done with what Colombia has been demanding,” added the chancellor.
Recently, Colombian President Gustavo Petro pointed out in an interview with CNN that Colombia and Brazil have a common position: “if there is no presentation of minutes, there is no recognition.”
Meanwhile, the majority anti-Chavismo – grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – insists that its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia, was the winner of the elections, and to support its claim it published on a website the “83.5% of the minutes” that he claims to have collected on the day of the elections through people who were witnesses and polling station members.
Last week, after a meeting with his Colombian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Gil assured that Venezuela maintains “constant” communication channels with the Petro Executive.
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