This is what Tarek William Saab said about Edmundo González’s exile

Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Sunday that, with the departure from the country of the opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia“The final chapter” of a work of “blood, sweat and tears” occurred, which – he stressed – caused “anxiety” among the population after the presidential elections of July 28, which the opposition claims to have won.

The opposition leader traveled to Spain on Saturday, where he was granted asylum, having requested it on the grounds that he was suffering political and judicial persecution in Venezuela following the elections, whose official victory was awarded by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to Nicolás Maduro, a result later validated by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).

The opposition insisted that the winner was González Urrutia, a statement that was supported by 83% of the electoral records which he claims to have gathered from witnesses and members of the polling station on voting day, which – he said – gave victory by a wide margin.

Tarek William Saab quoted Edmundo González several times

The minutes, which the largest opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), posted on a website where citizens can consult them by identifying themselves with their identity cards, were described by the Executive, as well as by the Prosecutor’s Office, as “false.”

As a result of this publication and the fraud complaint, González Urrutia was called to testify before the Prosecutor’s Office, which accused him “alleged commission of crimes of usurpation of functions” and “forgery of public documents”, among other crimes.

When he did not appear, a court issued an arrest warrant against the opponent, which It had been kept in custody for more than a month. and until last September 5, at the Dutch Embassy, ​​from where he moved to the Spanish Embassy, ​​where he remained until this Saturday, when he left Venezuela.

The government granted the opposition leader a safe passage so that his departure could take place. This was “for the sake of political peace and tranquility,” according to Delcy Rodríguez on Saturday.

“Today, September 7, opposition citizen Edmundo González Urrutia left the country. Having voluntarily sought refuge in the embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Caracas for several days, he requested political asylum from that government.” This was explained by the official on Saturday night on her Instagram account.

According to Saab, this decision received the “respect” of the Prosecutor’s Office, as it is contemplated in Venezuelan legislation, in relation to international regulations.

The opposition leader is already in Madrid, where he arrived on Sunday afternoon.