After appearing before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, declared that he will not negotiate with the opposition and referred to María Corina Machado, who he said will have to turn herself in to justice.
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“Regarding the negotiation, I believe that The only one who has to negotiate with Machado in this country is the Attorney General. “Let him turn himself in to justice, face the crime and answer for it,” Maduro said.
The president also assured that “all sectors will be invited to political dialogue. I will call the 38 political parties that are registered with the CNE and from there will arise instances for future understanding.”
Nicolás Maduro will speak with the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia
Maduro announced that he plans a conversation with the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, to address the crisis unleashed after the elections of July 28, whose result – which confirmed the victory of the Chavista leader – is accused of being fraudulent by the majority opposition.
“A conversation with the three presidents is pending, we hope it happens,” said the president upon leaving the TSJ, where he appeared before the magistrates of the Electoral Chamber – controlled by judges close to Chavez – as part of the judicial review of the election result, which Maduro himself requested.
He assured that, in recent days, without specifying when, this call was going to take place, but It was cancelled at the last minute due to scheduling problems of one or more of the speakers, whose foreign ministries published a joint statement last Thursday, August 8, 2024, in which they requested that the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela publish the detailed results certifying Nicolás Maduro’s victory.
“I deeply respect these three presidents and I will communicate with them at the appropriate time,” continued the head of state, who He assured that he was available “on the phone 24 hours a day” to talk with these leaders, considered his political allies in the region.
He insisted that he respects the sovereignty of each of these countries, so he will not make comments about their governments, and that when the time comes will explain in detail to its presidents the “difficult to understand situation” that crosses Venezuela.
“Everything that circulates in the media in those countries is manipulation, (but we) are experts in defeating that, we have the power to defeat lies,” he added.
The CNE reported having suffered a cyber attack on its system on the day of the vote, which did not prevent Maduro’s proclamation without providing evidence, while The opposition presented thousands of voting records on a website that would give an overwhelming victory to its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia.
The allegation of fraud and the post-election protests – some of which turned into acts of violence that resulted in 24 civilian deaths, according to the NGO Provea – They are seen by the Executive as a “cyber coup”which is why it has ordered increased police and military control.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/maduro-descarta-negociar-con-oposicion-en-venezuela-pero-si-hablara-con-3-presidentes-cb20
