González will travel to Venezuela with the intention of investing as president and said he is “prepared” for the latest arrest

González will travel to Venezuela with the intention of investing as president and said he is “prepared” for the latest arrest

El dirigente oppositor venezolano Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia sostenie, interview with Efe, que está “morally ready” para su final detención si regresa a Caracas Nothing for the presidency transición pacifica en la que el chavismo pueda encontrar un espacio y el propio Nicolas Maduro pueda seguir en el país.

50 días de la fecha prevista for menos de la aunción del próximo president Venezuelael 10 de enero, González Urrutia confirmed his intention to go to Caracas to pick up the cargo He collected 7.3 million votes which he obtained in the last July 28 elections, slightly more than 3 million, which he attributed to Maduro.

González Urrutia, in the preliminary interview to accept the middle Spanish He arrived in Madrid in September para pedir asilo politico tras denunciar electoral fraud “Could be a candidate for Victoria” y que “debería tomar possession de la Presidency”. “Pra eso estamos preparados y trabajo,” he says.

Elections, la mayor coalition opositora, Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), any annulment “fraud” Maduro's victory and González Urrutia's defense of the president-elect are based on documents that the Venezuelan government has shown to be fake, 83.5% of the acts they claim to have collected through witnesses.

Plan es volver

The former diplomat is confident that he will not be arrested when he returns to Caracas to run for president, but assures that he is “morally ready” if that happens. “I don't have a ticket yetbut i have a plan. Los planes están en regresar a Caracas el 10 de enero y tomar possession del cargo ese day”, he confirms.

I admit that the conjuncture is not easy: “Bueno, habra un pulso, a tension“. “Lo recomendable para el país” would be the departure of Nicolás Maduro, “por la salud de todos los venezolanos”, he notes. Maria Corina Machado y él mismo -como las orders detención- Maduro son of debilidad.

Confía en la mobilización mass, both in Venezuela and in various capitals around the world, in response to the call launched by Machado for the next December 1, although he acknowledges that there is a climate in the country “potential” de violencia y de provocación por parte del oficialism.

Transición Pacifica y Espacio para el chavismo

González Urrutia, in his last administration as president, is in favor of “negotiations for transitional orders”. with the release of political prisonersque cifra en más de 2,000. “Habrá negociaciones previas que permitarín, Dios mediaente, una transition ordernada. Podría llegar a haber una covivencia dentro del soilo venezolano,” he said. “Habrá una transition en donde las bases populares puedan tener un espacio y que el chavismo pueda encontrar un espacio.” Chavismo is the political force that will remain in the country“he continues.

“Theorically nosotros somos majority, por supuesto, pero que nosotros siamos es passar la página y abrir un espacio para la recovery de Venezuelala recovery en el más amplio sentido: Politica, económica y socialmente hablando”, confirmation. His priority: “The reunification of Venezuelans y esa va a ser mi tarea fundamental, la conciliación del país, la reconciliation de los Venezuelanos”.

The future of Nicolas Maduro?

“The Constitution of Venezuela allows only the president. I will take office on January 10,” insists González Urrutia when asked about Maduro's future. “Terminó su mandato” and “tomará su rumbo”, added. Can you become a citizen in Venezuela? “Podría ser un ciudadano más, claro”ginger In the interview, he also talked about the role of the Army, which is an important actor in the transition period in Venezuela.

“Podría decirse que tal vez.” The dome can maintain stability del régimen, pero la base y los puntos medios de las Fuerzas Armadas son el reflexo de la sociedad Venezolana”, he explains, with problems that shake entire populations, such as inflation or lack of health. ellos,” he added es una cupula muy pequeña“, con la que, asegura, no ha tenido contactos.

International activity

Just 10 days after the inauguration of the next president of Venezuela The return of Donald Trump will happen To the presidency of the United States, a country that recently recognized González Urrutia as the president-elect of Venezuela. There is no personal challenger to Trump to connect with Washington. Evita adelantar qué imperator puede toner la nueva etapa de Trump en la Casa Blanca sobre Venezuela, aunque espera que pueda contributor “a passage, moderate, que tenga el futuro de los Venezuelanos como objetivo”.

González Urrutia appreciates and believes in the efforts of his Latin American neighbors to prioritize the transition in his country.ojala sean más firms y ojalá que puedan llevar a buen porto las dispositions de estos gobiernos”. También en la European UnionRecently awarded the Sajarov Prize together with Maria Corina Machado, he said that he found support.

Spain, como en casa

En Espana se siente “como en casa” y evita entrar entras de lítica national, but talks with the Spanish president continue, Pedro Sanchezfound “manifests of positive influence and support”. “En ningún momento tengo nada de qué jarme de lo que se ha hecho hasta ahora”, he assures.

González Urrutia says he does not fear for his personal safety, as well as the safety of his family in Caracas: “When I negotiated my exit from Spain, there was an agreement on some guarantees.” “There is no interference in your familyno metere con mi familia allá”, he concluded.