Maria Corina Machado: “The end of the regime of horror is approaching”

Opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Monday that “the end of the regime of horror is approaching” in Venezuela, where “a new phase of the opposition strategy” has begun, in order to “achieve the victory” that – she reiterated – Edmundo González Urrutia obtained in the elections of July 28, despite the official result giving victory to Nicolás Maduro.

“Today I cannot tell you the exact moment when we will achieve victory, but yes, with absolute conviction, I tell you that the destiny of this struggle is the liberation of Venezuela, the construction of a bright country where we can live well, with dignity,” he said in an audio posted on YouTube.

In this regard, Maria Corina Machado He called on Venezuelans to prepare for “a new way of organizing and mobilizing the streets” which – he explained – will be “highly” effective in running “the least possible risk.”

“Our tactics are so diverse that they will not be able to contain them, and we will act with precision so that they cannot prevent our advance,” said the former deputy, who again denounced a “criminal repression”, especially after the last elections.

He also said that Maduro and “his criminal entourage”, after the “overwhelming and indisputable victory” of González Urrutia, They sought to “justify their fraud” through the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), whose Electoral Chamber validated the re-election of the Chavista for a third consecutive six-year term in power.

“Nicolás Maduro has reached the end of his road, he has lost all contact with reality, he doesn’t understand anything about what is happening in Venezuela,” added Machado, González Urrutia’s main supporter.

Elections in Venezuela

The PUD has called for a demonstration on August 28, one month after the elections, against electoral “fraud” and to insist on the victory it grants to its standard-bearer based on “83.5% of the minutes” collected on the night of the vote by witnesses and members of the table, documents that the government describes as “false.”

Later, Chavismo also called for street demonstrations that same day, but to celebrate the controversial reelection of its leader.