Capriles calls for negotiations to resolve the political crisis

Opposition member Henrique Capriles on Monday said negotiations were urgent to resolve the Venezuela’s political crisis following the July 28 presidential electionsin which President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner, a result considered fraudulent by the opposition, which insists on the victory of its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia.

“Let’s not waste time, we have to do it now,” said the former governor, who He insisted on the urgency of resolving the conflict through negotiations between the government and the majority opposition.so that popular sovereignty expressed in the elections prevails.

According to Henrique Capriles, there is no possibility of improving the living conditions of all Venezuelans and of recovering the country’s reserves, the oil business, education and health if this political conflict continues.

“What do we have to do? Insist that the truth prevails, (…) and we must seek to reactivate the negotiations in Venezuela, because millions of Venezuelans and the future of the country are at risk here, and this situation, like the one we have now, is unsustainable,” warned Henrique Capriles in an interview with Vladimir a la Cartebroadcast on YouTube.

González Urrutia calls for a peaceful transition to begin

On August 19th, González Urrutia urged Maduro to take the step now to begin a peaceful transitionfor which the opposition said he was willing to engage in political dialogue.

The leader of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) warned that every day that the authorities hinder the democratic transition, Venezuelans suffer a country in crisis and without freedom, so he reiterated that clinging to power only exacerbates the suffering of citizens.

For her part, opposition leader María Corina Machado recently said that Maduro must understand that his best option is to enter into negotiations with the opposition.

However, for the head of state, the only negotiation with Machado, whom he accuses of being a terrorist, is that she surrender to justice, according to what Maduro said on August 9.