Tarek William Saab received a document from González’s lawyer
After more than two hours of meeting, Tarek William SaabAttorney General of the Republic, received from the lawyer Jose Vicente Haro a document in the name of Edmundo Gonzalez, standard-bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform. The official said that he will make an announcement to the country on Thursday.
Through the Instagram account of Public Prosecutor’s Office, Saab He explained that the lawyer and Gonzalez Urrutia They recognized the powers of that justice body and its actions.
“Said lawyer, like his client requested by law, recognized the constitutional and legal powers of the Public Prosecutor’s Office as the holder of the criminal action to undertake and develop the investigations that may be necessary,” he wrote on the agency’s official account.
The publication announced: “Tomorrow we will reveal the whole truth.”
Before the meeting with Saab
Earlier, the Public Ministry refused to accept the document that the defense of the opposition leader expected to deliver with explanations of the failure to appear in three summonses issued as part of an investigation against him.
In front of the MP, in Caracas, his lawyer José Vicente Haro assured that they did not accept the document, in which – according to what he said before entering the fiscal headquarters – “All the constitutional and legal reasons” for which González Urrutia did not appear in response to the summons are indicatedsuch as the “degree of defenselessness in which one finds oneself”, among others, due to the prequalification of crimes.
The investigation against González Urrutia is related to the publication of a website in which the anti-Chavez group claims to have uploaded 83.5% of the electoral records collected by witnesses and polling station members on election night to support its claim of fraud in the July 28 presidential elections.
The PUD released these records, which the Executive calls “false,” after the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the elections, which has been questioned by numerous countries, most of which support the idea that González Urrutia won by a wide margin.
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