Edmundo González Urrutia, candidate of the Unitary Platform, did not attend the hearing before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to deliver electoral records. In a statement, he indicated that obeying this call would put at risk not only his freedom but also “the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28.”
Different parties that supported the candidacies of José Brito and Luis Eduardo Martínez appeared before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on August 7. The organizations submitted various documents, including electoral records, to the highest courtwhich accepted a contentious appeal filed by President Nicolás Maduro, amid protests against the results of the National Electoral Council that declared him the winner of the presidential elections on July 28.
In the afternoon, Luis Parra, a member of the Primero Venezuela party, and the leaders Conrado Pérez Linares (MPJ), Omar Dávila (MUV) and Chaim Bucaram (Venezuela Unida), attended the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ. Former presidential candidate José Brito also attended.
Bernabé Gutiérrez (Democratic Action Judicialized), Miguel Salazar (Copei), Pedro Véliz (Red Flag), José Contreras (DDP) and Carlos Melo (UNE) attended next. The day closed with the presentation of the former presidential candidate Luis Eduardo Martínez.
Earlier, the governor of Zulia, Manuel Rosales, the president of Un Nuevo Tiempo, José Luis Cartaya (MUD) and José Simón Calzadilla (MPV), who supported the candidacy of Edmundo González Urrutia, who did not attend the meeting with the TSJ, attended the headquarters.
“If I go to the Electoral Chamber in these conditions, I will be in absolute vulnerability due to defenselessness and violation of due process, and I will put at risk not only my freedom but, more importantly, the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28” in the elections, González Urrutia said in a statement.
The president of the TSUJ, Caryslia Rodríguez, asked that González Urrutia’s non-appearance before the Electoral Chamber be “recorded.” The leaders who attended handed over the minutes they have available related to the electoral event of July 28.
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