The National Assembly urges the Maduro government to break relations with Spain
The National Assembly, controlled by Chavismo, approved this Tuesday an agreement that urges the government of Nicolás Maduro to break diplomatic, consular and commercial relations with Spain, in response to the decision of the Spanish Congress to recognize the exiled opponent Edmundo González Urrutia in Madrid – as winner of the presidential elections on July 28.
The agreement asks the government to evaluate, “in a peremptory time, the rupture of relations” with the Kingdom of Spain, as well as a “reciprocal action for the rude and interfering proposal adopted in the Congress of Deputies” of the European country against “the Venezuelan institutionality.
Furthermore, the approved document “categorically” rejects the “disastrous resolution promoted by the fascist right of the Spanish Congress,” which it urges to respect “the decision of the Venezuelan people who sovereignly elected Nicolás Maduro as re-elected president.”
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The National Assembly approved an agreement that urges the Government to break diplomatic, commercial and consular relations “peremptorily” with Spain – ANTV.— Report Now (@ReporteYa) October 8, 2024
Why does the ruling party want to break relations with Spain?
This agreement is approved almost a month after on September 11 the president of the National Assembly (AN), Chavista Jorge Rodríguez, requested an immediate meeting from the Foreign Policy Commission to draft a resolution that calls for “to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that all relations be immediately broken” with the European country.
Then, the deputy asked that the resolution establish that “all commercial activities of Spanish companies be immediately ceased,” in response to what he considered “the most brutal outrage” by Spain against Venezuela “since the times” when the Caribbean country fought for its independence, in reference to the decision of Congress.
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The Spanish Congress recognized Edmundo González
In September, the Spanish Congress, with the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) voting against, approved a non-law proposal promoted by the Popular Party (PP). in which he asks the government to recognize González Urrutia as president of Venezuelawho arrived in Madrid on the 8th of that month to seek asylum from the persecution he claims to have suffered in his country.
However, Pedro Sánchez’s government has not recognized the opponent as president-elect, as requested by the parties that voted in favor, including the opposition Popular Party (PP) and VOX.
Maduro’s controversial reelection was proclaimed by the National Electoral Council (CNE) based on results that are still unknown in a disaggregated manner, and is rejected and designated as “fraudulent” by the majority opposition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – , which claims the victory of González Urrutia.
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