The lawyer and former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Claudio Grossman stated in an interview with La Tercera that he does not know if Edmundo González is going to return to Venezuela and if this is possible. He indicated that he believes it is more effective being outside.
The lawyer and former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Claudio Grossman, advised, this Sunday, December 22, Edmundo González Urrutia not to return to Venezuela on January 10, when the president’s inauguration is scheduled to take place. elected in the elections on July 28 in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
In this sense, Grossman pointed out in an interview with La Tercera that he does not know if González is going to return and if this is possible. He indicated that he believes he is more effective being outside. “I would advise him not to return, because there is no independent Judiciary, anything can happen, and I always think that it is better not to risk freedom and personal integrity.”
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The Chilean lawyer said that he sees the emergence in Latin America of a new political system that comes from Somoza, from Trujillo. “20% to 25% support for the population and the Army willing to liquidate anyone.”
He highlighted that he received from the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, and Edmundo González a note that was sent to all the advisors of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “I appeared on the web portal and they sent me the note too and I responded to the note: I totally agree with you, I am no longer an advisor, but I am going to help you as much as possible. “I told them to count on me.”
Grossman, who was appointed special advisor to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, decided to separate himself from the instance as an act of protest because he considered that the British had “failed” when it came to applying speed in the Venezuela case. I to accuse officials of Nicolás Maduro’s administration of crimes against humanity.
This was indicated by the Associated Press last Friday, December 13, in a note detailing that Grossman, who was working ad honorem with the ICC Prosecutor’s Office, sent an email to Khan in which he told him that his ethical standards prevented him from remaining silent. in the face of the repressive actions of the Venezuelan Executive and other actions against diplomats and international organizations while the Court does nothing about it.
“I can no longer justify the decision not to take correspondingly serious action against the perpetrators of the serious violations,” Grossman wrote in an email in which he rejected an offer from Khan’s office in September to renew his contract.
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