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Venezuela's Attorney General says two opposition leaders will be subject to criminal investigation

2024-08-06

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Editor of Every Economic Report: Bi Luming

According to CCTV News on the 6th, reporters learned that on August 5th local time, the Venezuelan Attorney General stated that he would launch a criminal investigation into opposition leaders Maria Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez.

On the evening of July 30th local time, Venezuelan President Maduro announced the decision to arrest opposition leader Machado at a rally in the capital Caracas.

On July 31 local time, the Venezuelan Attorney General stated that 1,062 people involved in the violent incidents had been arrested and the relevant responsible persons had been held criminally responsible.

The Venezuelan National Electoral Council announced in the early morning of July 29 that the incumbent President Maduro was re-elected as the President of Venezuela. After the election results were released, demonstrations organized by the opposition occurred in many places in Venezuela, triggering violent incidents and causing casualties.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Venezuelan President Maduro said on August 1 that the Venezuelan people are the ones who grant power and make decisions, and the United States should stop interfering in Venezuela's presidential election.

Maduro said in a statement on state television that there are still some constitutional and institutional procedures to be completed, but the United States said it has complete vote counts and evidence from Venezuela's presidential election. Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said in a statement that the U.S. government concluded based on "overwhelming evidence" that Edmundo Gonzalez, the candidate of the opposition coalition "Democratic Unity Alliance", was the winner of the July 28 presidential election.

Maduro said the electoral system had been severely attacked. Therefore, on July 31, he filed a "protection lawsuit" with the Supreme Court Electoral Chamber, asking it to verify the results of the presidential election to clarify the relevant facts. On August 1, the Supreme Court Electoral Chamber announced that it would launch a judicial investigation into the voting activities and voting results of the July 28 presidential election, and would summon 10 presidential candidates including Maduro to appear in court on August 2.

According to CCTV News on July 30, on July 29 local time, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement announcing the withdrawal of all diplomatic personnel stationed in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, and asked the above seven countries to also withdraw their diplomatic representatives to Venezuela.

According to Xinhua News Agency on July 30, according to a statement issued by the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this move was because Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay tried not to recognize the results of the Venezuelan general election.

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