Edmundo González assured Venezuelans that “their decision will be respected”

The former presidential candidate of the largest coalition of Venezuela’s political opposition, Edmundo Gonzalezused his networks to connect with his constituents, whom He assured them that they would work to ensure that the decisions taken at the polls were respected.

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“We will ensure that your decision is respected and we will begin the re-institutionalization of Venezuela“, wrote González Urrutia on the social network X, six days after the elections, after which the National Electoral Council (CNE) named President Nicolás Maduro as the winner.

The standard-bearer for the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) pointed out that Venezuelans “clearly” expressed their will last Sunday, July 28, in the presidential elections.

He also stressed that Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets this Saturday, August 3, to protest against the official result offered by the electoral body.

Massive days of Venezuelan marches

Thousands of Venezuelans protested this Saturday in several cities in Venezuela, such as Anaco, Cagua, Maracay, Valencia, Cumana, Barinas and Maracaibo, among others, in addition to Caracas, for the results made public by the CNE.

The protests, called by the largest opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – areThey developed normally and without significant incidents in most cities, with a few exceptions, such as in Cagua (Aragua state, north), where the Vente Venezuela (VV) party reported that protesters were repressed with tear gas.

The opposition leader Maria Corina Machado took part in the protest in Caracas, after declaring that she fears for her life.

Machado advocated for maintaining a “peaceful and civic” struggle with “force,” since, he said, The July 28 elections marked a “milestone” that began the “transition to democracy” in the Caribbean nation.

This is the second large-scale demonstration that has been held at the request of the majority opposition, which is demanding that its presidential candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia won the election by a wide margin, supporting his claim with 80% of the voting records that he claims to have in his possession and that he has uploaded to a website.

Chavismo insists that the documentation made available to citizens by the opposition is not real, while the National Electoral Council has not made public the minutes that, it assures, it will deliver to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), if so requested.

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