Regarding the “insolent, interventionist and rude” statements of the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who described the constitutional mandate of President Nicolás Maduro as “a dictatorship,” the Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, summoned the Spanish ambassador accredited to Venezuela, Ramón Santos Martínez, to appear in his office this Friday, to whom he made it clear that the country will not allow “any interventionist action on the part of the Government of Spain in matters that are the exclusive competence of Venezuelans.”
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, accompanied by the Vice Minister for Europe, Coromoto Godoy, on behalf of President Maduro, once again stressed Venezuela’s position of non-interference in its internal affairs, in accordance with respect for the United Nations Charter and International Law, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry reported in a press release.
Robles justified with his interventionist qualification the flight from the country of the former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who left on September 7 with a safe conduct granted by the Venezuelan Government and after requesting asylum in Spain, despite having an arrest warrant against him issued, 5 days earlier, by the Public Ministry (MP) for the “alleged commission of crimes of usurpation of functions” and “forgery of public documents”, in relation to the electoral records of the presidential elections of July 28, when the popular will reelected Nicolás Maduro for a third term.
The fugitive from Venezuelan justice is also accused of alleged “instigation to disobedience of laws,” “conspiracy,” “sabotage to damage systems and association (to commit a crime).” The arrest warrant came after the Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office summoned González Urrutia on three occasions and he did not appear.
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has also decided to recall the Venezuelan ambassador accredited to the Kingdom of Spain, Gladys Gutiérrez, for consultations.
