María Corina Machado announces a massive protest against Nicolás Maduro's electoral fraud: “There is no going back from this”

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado It announced this Friday that it is preparing “Great activity” In support of a political change in the country, it held presidential elections on July 28, whose official result – confirming Nicolás Maduro as the winner – was questioned by the Chavismo opposition, international observers and many countries.

“We are going to call for a massive action that everyone should see (…) the strength, the determination, the determination of the Venezuelan people, that they will not back down from this.” said the former representative during a conversation with the Venezuelan-American singer Lele PonsBroadcast via Instagram.

Without specifying dates, Machado announced that the event, which will take place inside and outside of Venezuela, will take place “very soon” and that a call will be issued “in the next few hours” in favor of the Democratic Party's standard bearer. Unitary Platform (PUD). Edmundo Gonzalez UrrutiaHe refers to the “newly elected president” of the South American country.

“It doesn't mean we're not going to get off the street, we're going to be on the street every day“, insisted the opposition leader, a key supporter of González Urrutia, who believes that “everyone who hurts Venezuela” will join the action, who “A moment of encounter”.

The movement he leads, accusing Maduro of electoral fraud, is “organised, civil and peaceful”, but “not lax”, pushing “a super strong strategy” to end the Chavista dictatorship in power since 1999.

Likewise, he considered Maduro's suggestion to stop using the messaging application WhatsApp and social network suspensionThey are afraid“In Chavismo, he insisted, they lost the elections, which the Carter Center, which participated as an observer in the process, condemned.

He National Election Council (CNE), which declared Maduro the winner after claiming a cyber attack on voting day, has yet to publish the split results established by legal regulations, which have been criticized by many countries, including governments aligned with Chavismo.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has ruled out talks with the opposition leader this Friday. Maria Corina Machado, After Chavista appeared before the judge, he was asked to “certify” the question of his re-election to a third six-year term.

Maduro was the last candidate to appear before Election room of the Supreme Court (TSJ), subordinate to the regime. Eight other minority presidential candidates also responded to the call, while main opponent Edmundo González Urrutia, claiming his victory, ignored the summons, “Violation of due process”.

“Whatever the Supreme Court of Venezuela says will be the law of the Republic, and that will be a sacred punishment“, Chavismo's leader told journalists as he left the hearing.

Maduro was declared the winner with 52% of the vote compared to 43% for González Urrutia, but the National Electoral Council (CNE) said the voting system was hacked and did not release details of the survey. Twelve days later, he's still gone.

The opposition denounced the fraud and said there were 80% minutes, proving González Urrutia's victory.

On the other hand, Maduro pointed out that “83% of the documents” of the opposition are “false”.

In an interview with a news agency AFPMachado promised Opposition proposes “negotiations for democratic transition”.This includes “guarantees, safe conduct and incentives for the parties involved, in this case the regime that was defeated in that presidential election.”

“We are determined to move forward with the negotiations,” the leader stressed. “It's going to be a complex, delicate transition process in which we're going to bring the whole nation together.”

(With information from EFE and AFP)