The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, warned that American imperialism “wants to impose a Guaidó 2.0”, with the difference that the extremist opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia is a “coward” who is “hidden in”.
“What happens is that Edmundo González came out cowardly, he is hunkered down, he is having a panic attack,” said the head of state after receiving the President at the Miraflores Palace. Popular mobilization that took place in the streets of Caracas in celebration of the first month of the electoral victory of last July 28. “Today marks one month since he went into hiding. He is not showing his face,” he argued.
Maduro revealed that the losing former candidate of extremism “ordered someone to buy suitcases” because “he is preparing his escape, he is sleeping in a place in Altamira (…) that when the suitcases arrive, he will go to hell, my friend, because he is having a panic attack.”
The president insisted that the opposition had three weeks to challenge the election results according to the law. “Why didn’t they go to the National Electoral Council and the Supreme Court of Justice if they said they had evidence; why did they refuse to sign the electoral power agreement to recognize the results on June 20; why did they ignore the Electoral Power?” he asked.
He said that González Urrutia lied on a page by showing forged and false documents. The Prosecutor’s Office has summoned him twice and he has not appeared at any of them.
Ripe He also reported on the capture of Biagio Pilieri, a member of González Urrutia’s campaign command, “because he is one of the main instigators of the disregard of public powers and the law in Venezuela, and is in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office.”
