The Colombian House of Representatives approved this Monday a proposal in which the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, is asked, Recognize Edmundo González as elected president from Venezuela.
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This was reported by the representative to the House, Andrés Forero, of the opposition party Centro Democrático, who assured journalists that this legislative cell “has just condemned the clear violations of human rights perpetrated” by the Government of Nicolás Maduro.
“The Chamber of Representatives of Colombia categorically condemns the flagrant disregard of the popular will expressed at the polls and invites the President of the Republic, Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego, to recognize Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela for the period 2025-2031.”says the proposal approved by 83 votes, with 27 against.
Petro, along with his counterparts from Mexico and Brazil, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, respectively, have tried to mediate in the crisis that Venezuela has been experiencing since The electoral body of that country announced the questionable victory of Maduro in the elections of July 28. Neither of these countries has yet recognized Maduro’s victory, but neither have they opted for González, the opposition candidate, and are betting on asking for the electoral records to be published and on opening avenues for dialogue between the two parties.
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The signatories of the document in the House of Representatives also rejected what they called “a notorious fraud” and the serious acts of violence committed by the Maduro regime after the elections.
“The House of Representatives cannot be indifferent to the notorious electoral fraud perpetrated by the regime of Nicolás Maduro in the elections of July 28 and cannot remain silent in complicity in the face of the systematic persecution to which the figures of the political opposition led by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González are being subjected.”the document says.
The opposition and a large part of the international community They claim that González was the winnerwho arrived in Spain last week to request asylum, after the Venezuelan justice system ordered his arrest for “conspiracy”, among other crimes.
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