The departure of Edmundo González does not change the electoral result

Andrés Velásquez, national leader of La Causa R, said this Sunday that the departure to Spain of the leader of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo González Urrutia, –after the asylum granted by the government of Pedro Sánchez– “does not change” the result of the July 28 electionswhen -he said- the opposition leader was elected president, despite the official result, which gave re-election to Nicolás Maduro.

Through X, Velásquez claimed that “the massive avalanche vote” gave the victory to González Urrutia, an assertion that the PUD claims is proven according to the 83.5% of the electoral records that they say they collected in the presidential elections through witnesses and table members, documents that the Venezuelan government considers “false.”

He stated that Maduro “lost” and “fraudulently clinging to power” is “violating” the Constitution and “ignore the sovereign vote.”

The departure of Edmundo González, President-elect of Venezuela, does not change the result of July 28, which with the massive vote in AVALANCHA, elected him President.
Maduro lost and fraudulently clinging to power is violating our Constitution and ignoring the sovereign vote.

— Andres Velasquez (@AndresVelasqz) September 8, 2024

Spain granted asylum to Edmundo González

González Urrutia traveled to Madrid on a Spanish Air Force plane, confirmed Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, who also said that Spain granted asylum after opposition request.

Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported on Saturday that the opposition leader left Venezuela with a safe-conduct pass granted “for the sake of political peace and tranquility,” after spending “several days” sheltered in the Spanish Embassy.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, said that the leader of the PUD “had to ask for political asylum” antand “repression, political persecution and direct threats against his safety and freedom,” after “having received hospitality at the residence of the Netherlands in Caracas until September 5.”