Almagro on Maduro: "It is time to file charges and an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court"

The OAS will request the International Criminal Court on the arrest of Nicolás Maduroannounced this Wednesday Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, at the session of the Permanent Council of that international organization.

“Maduro promised a bloodbath, and we were outraged to hear it and we are even more outraged now that he is doing it. There is premeditation, treachery, brutal ferocity, superior advantage. It is time to bring charges of indictment and arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt against those primarily responsible, including Maduro,” Almagro wrote on his X account, which accompanies a video..

The post continues: “It’s time for justice. We are going to request the indictment of those charges. For a hemisphere free of crimes against humanity. My words at the Permanent Council on the results of the electoral process in #Venezuela.”

Almagro also questioned the fact that the National Electoral Court of Venezuela had not shown the voting records of the national elections held last Sunday.

Maduro promised a bloodbath, and we were outraged to hear it and we are even more outraged now that he is doing it. There is premeditation, treachery, brutal impulse, ferocity, superior advantage. It is time to file charges and an arrest warrant by the Criminal Court… pic.twitter.com/lUrq3KWDE1

— Luis Almagro (@Almagro_OEA2015) August 1, 2024

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado called for mobilization on Wednesday through X, following the request for her imprisonment made by President Nicolás Maduro, whom Machado accuses of fraud in the last elections.

“We offered the regime to democratically accept its defeat and move forward with negotiations to ensure a peaceful transition; however, they have opted for the path of repression, violence and lies,” Machado wrote in X.

“Now it is up to ALL of us to assert the truth that ALL of us know. We are going to mobilize. WE WILL DO IT,” he added without providing details.