The statement of Edmundo Gonzalezwinner of the Venezuelan presidential elections, in which he reveals that he was forced to acknowledge in writing at the Spanish Embassy in Caracas the false triumph of the dictatorship, is extremely serious. The Government of Pedro Sanchez must immediately clarify how it is possible that Delcy Rodrigueznumber two of the regime, could enter Spanish territory to blackmail and extort the president-elect in such a vile way and explain the role played in this infamous extortion by the ambassador.
Without the slightest delay, you must clarify how and under what circumstances our embassy was violated by the regime to force the winner of the elections to surrender. under threat of jail or death.
What is clear, regardless of the explanations offered by the Government, is that it is absolutely false that there were no negotiations between the Sánchez Executive and the dictatorship of Ripe for González’s departure to Spain. There was much more than that. Because if the Government’s role consisted of allowing our embassy to become the place where Edmundo González was subjected to such abject blackmail, the matter reaches an enormous seriousness.
The Government will have to clarify whether it allowed Delcy Rodríguez to use the Spanish Embassy as psychological torture room to the true winner of the elections. And, of course, if Delcy Rodríguez has free rein to enter Spanish territory whenever he feels like it. The statement from the elected president of Venezuela denouncing the extortion of which he was subjected places the Sánchez Government before the inexcusable obligation to clarify the facts. Because it is one thing to grant González asylum for humanitarian reasons and another to contribute to a dictatorship bringing Spain to its knees in a miserable way.
