Thousands of Venezuelans gathered this Saturday in the central Puerta del Sol in Madrid, in a day of mobilization around the world to claim the victory of the opponent Edmundo González in the July 28 elections in Venezuela and demand his inauguration as president of the country. next January 10th.
Under the motto Great World Protest for Freedom in Venezuela, supporters of González and María Corima Machado, accompanied by opposition leaders from their country such as Antonio Ledezma, former mayor of Caracas, and also by Spaniards, among them the leader of the conservative Popular Party ( PP), Alberto Nez Feijo, took to the streets two months after the Venezuelan elections.
Ledezma thanks the support received by Spain
Here we must move from compassionate statements to effective actions, Ledezma stated in statements to the press before beginning the event, in which he thanked the support received from national parliaments, such as that of Spain, and from international organizations such as the UN. or the OAS, but he insisted: It is time to enforce the sovereign will that is being flouted by a dictatorship.
Ledezma, coordinator of the International Political Council of the opposition leader María Corina Machado, affirmed that the international community has to be present with forceful actions so that this bad example that (President Nicols) Maduro represents is not copied by other populist leaders.
Edmundo Gonzles greets those present
The rally was attended by Edmundo Gonzlez, candidate of the main opposition coalition in Venezuela, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) in the presidential elections on July 28, whom they consider the winner, based on more than 80% of the minutes collected from witnesses. and members of tables, which the Venezuelan Government does not recognize.
González, who arrived in Spain on September 8 to request asylum, greeted everyone in attendance but could not speak because, according to Ledezma, he suffered from hoarseness, and it was he who was in charge of reading a message from him.
In it he insisted that on July 28 the people gave a sovereign mandate through the ballot boxes for peace and democracy, he trusted in the power of truth and affirmed that they are very close to achieving it.
Machado also participated through the internet, who in an emotional message stated: The end is not just that Maduro leaves power, that will happen, the end is the construction of a Venezuela that will rise.
Representatives of all the political parties of the Venezuelan position were present at the rally, as well as relatives of political prisoners, and María Corina Machado’s son was also present.
