María Beatriz Martínez said that with the decision of several members of the National Committee to go to the May elections «they have departed from the unit and first justice. Therefore, as party authorities, we assume its decision and the consequences that become »
The president of First Justice, María Beatriz Martínez, accused several members of the National Committee of the party to align “with the strategy of those who are in power”, after announcing their participation in the regional and legislative elections, planned for 25 May, as well as an eventual election for constitutional reform.
In a statement, released by Official networks De PJ, Martínez directly pointed to former governor Henrique Capriles and former deputy Tomás Guanipa, “together with a small faction of leaders”, to form on February 20 “a campaign command aimed at participating in the false election called by Maduro.”
With this, Martínez said, the proposal of the Unitary Platform on the elections, as well as the decisions of Edmundo González Urrutia, was “unknown”, indicated by María Corina Machado and “the institutionally repeated political lines of First Justice.”
For the National Committee, which declared “partisan discipline” although the signatories are unknown, being “committed to the defense of the results” of the 28J does not contradict again with “defeating Maduro again with votes” to “make be worth the will to change ».
But María Beatriz Martínez said that «with her decision, they have departed from unity and first justice. Therefore, as party authorities, we assume its decision and the consequences that become of it ».
In addition, he said that they constitute “one more obstacle to the struggle” to recover democracy in the country.
The political leader said that the objective of the party and the people who follow her line “is to rescue the power of the vote as a mechanism as well as the democratic and electoral route, raised by the unitary platform”, which raised four conditions, including a formal negotiation Under the premise of the victory of Edmundo González, to participate in the elections announced this year.
«We warn that Maduro seeks to impose the communal state with a constitutional reform that annihilates popular sovereignty, decentralization and the Republic. To prevent it, it is key to maintain political unity with the Venezuelan people and legitimate leadership displaying the necessary strength to defend democracy, ”Martínez said.
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