The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the opening of a criminal investigation against former candidate Edmundo González and María Machado following the publication of the statement in which they announced a winner of the presidential elections other than the one proclaimed by the National Electoral Council.
According to the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, the investigations are aimed at determining his responsibility for the alleged commission of multiple crimes described that threaten the peace of the Venezuelan nation.
Prosecutor Saab said that in the statement posted by González Urrutia on his account on X, the alleged commission of the crimes of: Usurpation of Functions, Dissemination of False Information to Cause Anxiety, Incitement to Disobedience of the Laws, Incitement to Insurrection, Association to Commit Crimes and Conspiracy is evident, the document says.
The full text of the statement is below:
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela informs the country that as a result of the dissemination of a statement by former candidate Edmundo González and citizen María Corina Machado in which, outside the Constitution and the Law, they falsely announce a winner of the presidential elections other than the one proclaimed by the National Electoral Council, the only body qualified to do so, and in which there is an open incitement to police and military officials to disobey the laws; it has decided to open a criminal investigation into both signatories of the invalid document.
The aforementioned statement reveals the alleged commission of the crimes of Usurpation of Functions, Dissemination of False Information to Cause Anxiety, Incitement to Disobedience of the Law, Incitement to Insurrection, Criminal Association and Conspiracy.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office, as the head of criminal proceedings, in its duty to guarantee peace and stability in the country, will remain vigilant against any act that implies the generation of violence or anxiety in the population and that seeks to repeat events that have left painful wounds in the entire Venezuelan family.
