Edmundo González explained that Pedro Sánchez’s administration was committed to guaranteeing his safety from his residence to the Spanish Armed Forces plane and during his arrival in that country. These arrangements, he stressed, “were supervised and facilitated” by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
The opponent Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia He assured on Thursday 19 that he had not been coerced by Spain or any of its officials to carry out his departure from the country.
“I have not been coerced by the Government of Spain or by the Spanish Ambassador in Venezuela, Ramón Santos. The diplomatic efforts undertaken had the sole purpose of facilitating my departure from the country, without exerting any kind of pressure on me,” he said in a statement.
The accusations of allowing or concealing the coercion that González Urrutia himself said he received from Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and his brother Jorge Rodríguez, president of the 2020 National Assembly, were pointed out by the leader of the Spanish Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo.
The leader of the PP demanded the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, as well as the replacement of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas. The Hazte Oír platform, according to Europa Pressalso filed a complaint with the National Court and the Attorney General’s Office.
Edmundo González explained that Pedro Sánchez’s administration was committed to guaranteeing his safety from his residence to the Spanish Armed Forces plane and during his arrival in that country. “These measures had the main purpose of allowing the continuity of the processing of my asylum application with the Spanish State, under conditions of security and respect for my rights.”
These efforts, he stressed, “were supervised and facilitated” by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
He said he hoped that his statement would “clarify any doubts or misunderstandings regarding the nature of my transfer and reiterate my gratitude to the Spanish authorities for their support and commitment to the protection of human rights.”
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