By The opinion
06 Aug 2024, 18:01 PM EDT
Anti-Chavez leader Maria Corina Machado spoke on Tuesday about her strategy to assert the victory that, he insists, was achieved by the presidential standard-bearer of the majority opposition, Edmundo González Urrutia, in the elections of last July 28, whose official result ratified Nicolás Maduro as re-elected president.
“A truth has emerged that no one can change: González Urrutia is the elected president of Venezuela (…) We must defend this truth and assert our unstoppable will.”Nobody said this would be easy, but let the world be very clear, there is no turning back, this is irreversible and it is until the end,” said the former deputy in an audio that she spread through social networks.
The opposition asks for time to implement its strategy
He explained that those who support this accusation of electoral fraud – such as the largest anti-Chavez alliance, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – They are entering the fifth stage of a strugglewhich the authorities have seen as a cyber coup, while the National Electoral Council (CNE) has still not published – as required by law – the minutes certifying Maduro’s victory.
“No one in this citizen movement can abandon the fight, we are all necessary (…) we will overcome all obstacles and reverse them (…) Each stage in this fight has its development over time and that is part of our strategy.”, held.
In this sense, He called on his supporters to maintain unity and firmness and to take care of each other.both in the streets and on social media, just as the number of arrests of anti-Chavez activists who protested – sometimes in contexts that led to violent acts – against the result announced by the CNE, who the Prosecutor’s Office accuses of being terrorists, is increasing.
Machado asks not to leave the streets
“Fear is not going to paralyze us, we will overcome it and We will not leave the streets“, Machado continued after clarify that his plan does not include always being on the streetbut it also includes moments of preparation for, among other things, reaching agreements with allies around the world, which are numerous.
“Sometimes we are, and it is necessary, incessantly in action, but we do not always have to be reactive, an operational pause is sometimes necessary to ensure that all elements of the strategy are aligned and ready for the next step and action,” he said.
He also denounced that Maduro – who in recent days called for people to stop using WhatsApp and denounced TikTok and Instagram as multipliers of hatred – is seeking to intimidate Venezuelans so that they do not communicate, after a wave of protests against fraud that has left more than 2,000 people arrested and 13 dead.
“Because isolated we would be much weaker and that is not going to happen, we will always find ways to stay connected,” added Machado, who promoted the creation of the website where the PUD published 83.5% of the voting records that show, according to the anti-Chavez supporters, that their candidate beat Maduro by a wide margin.
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