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venezuelan opposition leader gonzalez leaves country for spain

2024-09-08

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according to cctv news client, cctv reporters learned on september 7 local time that venezuelan vice president rodriguez said that the country's opposition presidential candidate edmundo gonzalezleft venezuela for spainspain's foreign minister confirmed gonzalez had travelled to spain.previously, gonzalez entered the spanish embassy in venezuela on his own and applied for political asylum from the spanish government.

rodriguez stressed that the venezuelan government has made relevant contacts with the spanish government and initiated the necessary procedures. this move by venezuela is in accordance with international law to provide necessary guarantees for maintaining national stability and peace, and it also once again demonstrates its respect for international law through actions.

△edmundo gonzalez

venezuelan judicial authorities announce the arrest of gonzalez

venezuela held a presidential election on july 28, and the venezuelan national electoral commission announced in the early hours of the next day that the incumbent president maduro was re-elected. the opposition questioned the election results, and its supporters took to the streets to protest. the venezuelan procuratorate launched an investigation into the election dispute and summoned gonzalez, the candidate of the opposition alliance "democratic unity alliance" who had previously participated in the presidential election, three times, but gonzalez ignored it.

venezuelan judicial authorities issued an arrest warrant for edmundo gonzalez on september 2.gonzalez was accused of usurping office, forging public documents, inciting illegal activities, treason and other crimes. less than an hour after the venezuelan prosecutors applied for an arrest warrant, a court specializing in hearing terrorism-related crimes issued an arrest warrant. (cctv reporter gong xiangcheng)

editor: xin jing