I will be sworn in as president-elect of Venezuela

Edmundo González He stated this Friday that on January 10 will be back in Venezuela to take possession as president.

The opponent expressed this intention at a press conference after participating in the La Toja-Vínculo Atlántico Forum, where he had a speech in which he claimed to be winner in the July 28 elections.

He also stated that his stay in Spain, the country where he is processing political asylum, is temporary.

Edmundo González will return to Venezuela on January 10

The Venezuelan opposition candidate will attend the inauguration after proclaiming himself “elected president” of his country pic.twitter.com/pYKdwgF76q

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Although, in response to a question about when he plans to return, he noted that as soon as possible, when democracy can be recovered.

Shortly after, he recalled that January 10 is the constituent date scheduled for the president’s inauguration after the July 28 elections, and he hopes that that day he will be able to assume the popular will expressed at the polls by 8 million Venezuelans.

“I am going to go on January 10 to take office as president-elect of Venezuela,” he stressed.

Edmundo González on the future of Maduro

Regarding the future that Nicolás Maduro may have, he commented that “whatever he wants.”

“I don’t get involved there,” He added to later point out, given the hypothesis that Maduro can remain freely in Venezuela, that “whatever he wants if he accepts the conditions and respects the Constitution.”

Given the comparisons with what was experienced in his day by the opposition Juan Guaidó, who was recognized by several countries, including the United States and the European Union, as president in charge of Venezuela, he said that the situations are different, since he was elected by the Assembly and he has the support of the ballot boxes.

Raise your voice to report

González Urrutia explained that he had to leave Venezuela before a political persecution with “unspeakable pressures and extreme threats” towards him and his family. He assured that this has been the most difficult and demanding chapter of his life.

He also called on the international community to recognize the result of the presidential elections after the Carter Center, the American election observer organization, make public some original voting records that point to the triumph of González Urrutia with 67% of the votes, compared to 31% for Maduro.

González assured that it is now his responsibility to raise his voice from the responsibility conferred on him by his character as “elected president, recognized by 8 million Venezuelans and by a good part of the international community.”

He explained that more than 30 countries, including Spain, signed a declaration after a meeting sponsored by the United States and Argentina “recognizing me as president-elect.”

The text of that statement referred to González as the person whoe won “the majority of votes” according to “publicly available election records.”

«Every day more support emerges for my candidacy as president-elect. And those who remain to join in the near future. “I am very pleased,” he stressed.

Nevertheless, He asked Spain to “with more effort than ever” press together with the international communityl so that in Venezuela the popular sovereignty expressed on July 28 is asserted and respected.