He Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) issued a summons addressed to former candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia who must appear next Monday, August 26 at 10 a.m. to give statements regarding his alleged responsibility in the crimes of: usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, instigation to disobedience of laws, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracy.
The information was released this Saturday on the Instagram account of the Prosecutor’s Office in which he shared the image of the citation.
“As announced last Friday at a press conference by Attorney General Tarek William Saab, former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia was summoned to give statements regarding his alleged responsibility in the crimes of: usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, instigation to disobedience of laws, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracy,” the publication states.
He added that “González Urrutia will also have to answer for the publication of forged documents through the website www.resultadosconvenezuela.com.”
“It is important to highlight that this person incurred in a clear contempt and disrespect for the Supreme Court of Justice, by not responding to the calls made by the electoral chamber,” the Public Prosecutor’s Office added on the social network.
The receipt published by the Public Prosecutor’s Office shows that it was received this Saturday, August 24 at 9:10 in the morning.
The document specifies that González Urrutia must appear at the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor’s Office located in La Candelaria in Caracas on Monday at ten in the morning to give statements regarding the criminal case he is pursuing.
Prosecutor: González Urrutia has to attend this hearing
This Friday, the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, announced that the former candidate would be summoned in the next few hours, and stressed that this action is part of the investigation that his office is conducting into the responsibility of the extreme right in electoral crimes and usurpation of functions after the presidential election of July 28.
“He must attend this hearing to speak about his responsibility before July 28, during July 28 and after July 28, for his contumacy and disobedience to the legitimately constituted authorities,” Saab stressed during a press conference.
