The Governments of Brazil and Colombia expressed This Tuesday his “deep concern” for the arrest warrant issued by the Justice of Venezuela against the opposition standard-bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
“This judicial measure affects seriously the commitments assumed by the Venezuelan Government under The Barbados Agreementsin which government and opposition They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the democracy and promote a culture of tolerance and coexistence,” the two governments said in a joint statement.
The presidents of Colombia and Brazil, Gustavo Petro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvarespectively, have attempted mediate in the crisis that Venezuela has been open since the electoral body announced the questionable victory of Nicolás Maduro in the elections of last July 28.
None of the two countries has not yet recognized Maduro’s victory, but they have not opted for González Urrutia, betting on request that the electoral records be published and open avenues for dialogue with both parts.
In this new joint statement They also make no reference to any winnerbut it is one more step of pressure on Maduro which comes from two of its South American allies, who consider that the arrest warrant against González Urrutia “makes it difficult to find a peaceful solution, based on dialogue between the main Venezuelan political forces.”
On August 22, the Supreme Court endorsed the result of the National Electoral Council (CNE) that gave for winner to the president Ripea victory that the opposition led by candidate González Urrutia and María Corina Machado They deny recognizing and multiple Latin American countries have also questioned.
What is Edmundo González Urrutia accused of in Venezuela?
The Venezuelan prosecutors accuse Edmundo González Urrutia of “usurpation of functions”“, “forging of public document“, “instigation to the disobedience of laws“, “conspiracy“, “sabotage to system damage and association (for commit a crime)”.
These charges respond, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, to the data published by the PUD on a website, which, according to the anti-Chavez movement, demonstrate the victory of González Urrutia by a wide margin in the election, and on Monday asked a court specializing in terrorism crimes to issue an arrest warrant.
Lulawhose party was one of the first to recognize Maduro’s victory, hardened his stance in recent days in the face of the official result of the presidential electionsinsisting on not recognizing the victory of Chavismo and demanding the disaggregated publication of the results certifying the victory of the Venezuelan president.
The Brazilian president said there is “no evidence” of a Maduro victorybut clarified that he does not recognize González Urrutia as the winner of the elections of July 28.
For its part, Colombia remained silent in the face of the Supreme Court’s announcement and its chancellor, Luis Gilberto Murillo, insisted that they continue committed in building bridges for achieve “fundamental solutions in Venezuela.”
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“We must be very vigilant to ensure that Colombia remains a country that builds bridges and which can generate facilitation and Mediation for fundamental solutions in Venezuela and that they be solutions that start from dialogue, from the political negotiation of the Venezuelans themselves,” said Murillo after leaving a meeting with the Foreign Relations Advisory Committee on Tuesday.