Germany after Edmundo González’s departure: “There is a setback”
“There is a regression of democracy in Venezuela,” the German government said on Monday after opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia arrived in Spain to receive political asylum.
«In a democracy There should never be politicians forced to flee into political asylum“We are in a crisis,” said Christian Wagner, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference, in which he also recalled Berlin’s demands on Caracas since the controversial presidential elections on July 28.
“Our demand to the Venezuelan government is clear: we ask for an end to the violent treatment of the opposition and the restoration of the rights of democratic participants. In addition, we ask for the publication of the results in Venezuela so that they can be verified.”
“That is the condition for the continuation of the democratic process in Venezuela,” he added, according to EFE.
Edmundo Gonzalez arrived in Spain
Edmundo González arrived in Spain this Sunday after requesting political asylum Considering that in Venezuela he was suffering political and judicial persecution after a court issued an arrest warrant against him following the disclosure of electoral records that would prove the opposition’s victory in the elections of July 28.
González Urrutia remained in safekeeping for a month until September 5 at the Dutch Embassy in Caracas, until he was transferred to the Spanish Embassy, where he remained until this Saturday, when he left for Madrid.
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