Maduro warns that the opposition “will regret” if they try to overthrow him

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, warned this Wednesday that the majority opposition, which accused his re-election in the July 28 elections of being fraudulent, “will regret it” if it tries to take power by force and end the chavista governmentestablished in the Caribbean country since 1999.

Maduro’s warning

«They are going to regret it if they mess with the most sacred thing that Venezuela has: its Constitution, peace and its people. I’m just telling you, you’re going to regret it, I know what I’m saying,” the president stressed during an event with the heads of public powers, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).

In reference to the main opposition coalition -the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)-, said that there is “a fascist, criminal, murderous current that wants to hand over” the independence of Venezuela and “impose” a coup d’état like the one that occurred against Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) in 2002, known in the country as “Carmonazo.” ».

«To those who want a new Carmonazo and believe and feel drunk with power, with the support of the imperialist elite of the United States, I only say do not underestimate the Venezuelan people, do not underestimate the power they have here in Venezuela and on this continent our popular, military, police fusion,” he insisted.

He asked to “defend” the country against the alleged plans of the United States, whose administration recognized this week the PUD candidate In the July elections, Edmundo González Urrutia, as elected president of Venezuela, as the European Parliament and other governments already did.

Controversial results

The electoral body proclaimed Maduro’s victory at the polls, a result that has not been recognized by numerous countries due to the lack of support to confirm his re-election.

The PUD assures that González Urrutia – exiled in Spain since September 8 – won the Presidency by a wide margin and insists that its candidate will be sworn in as head of state, when Maduro – who has the support of all Venezuelan institutions – also foresees do it.