By Luis De Jesus
24 Aug 2024, 22:29 PM EDT
The Venezuelan justice system has summoned Edmundo González, who ran for the opposition in the presidential elections on July 28. The summons to the leader was published this Saturday through the social networks of the Public Ministry.
On Instagram, they shared the official document in which they scheduled the diplomat for Monday, August 26 at 10:00 am to go to the headquarters of the entity to give statements for the investigation against him after he decided not to go to the Supreme Court of Justice to present his minutes that would confirm that he won the electoral process almost a month ago.
In the post, they shared some details:
“As announced last Friday at a press conference by the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, the summons was issued to former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia to give statements regarding his alleged responsibility in the crimes of: usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, instigation to disobedience of laws, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracy.”
They indicated that the opponent “will have to answer for the publication of forged documents through the website http://www.resultadosconvenezuela.com.”
Venezuelan authorities accuse the opposition of incurring “in a clear contempt and disrespect for the Supreme Court of Justice, by not responding to the calls made by the electoral chamber.”
But why didn’t Edmundo González go to the TSJ?
In his X account, he commented that the National Electoral Council should be the one to decide on the process because the law establishes the separation of powers in the country.
Because of this, González stated: “No ruling will replace popular sovereignty. The country and the world know of its partiality and, therefore, its inability to resolve the conflict; its decision will only aggravate the crisis. We Venezuelans are not willing to give up our freedom or our right to change in peace in order to live better.”
In addition, the opposition leader has thanked the international community because many governments do not trust the TSJ and have asked for the publication of the minutes, which would help to give transparency to the result.
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