MADRID (Reuters) – Venezuelan former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez stated on Friday that he meant to journey again to his nation on Jan. 10 to take workplace as “elected president”.
Gonzalez attended a enterprise occasion in Spain and, in his first public speech since arriving there after being pressured to go away Venezuela, advised the viewers that he was president-elect and that his keep in Spain was short-term.
“I am going to return to Venezuela as soon as possible, when we restore democracy in our country … I am going on Jan. 10 to take office as elected president,” he advised reporters.
The opposition says the election consequence was rigged in favour of the incumbent, Nicolas Maduro, and that in actuality he misplaced closely to Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fled to Spain on Sept. 9, every week after Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for him, accusing him of conspiracy and different crimes.
He advised Reuters he had sought diplomatic refuge after being advised Maduro’s safety forces had been coming for him.
