Key Takeaways
- Venezuela’s Attorney General’s Office has sought an arrest warrant for ex-opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia for various charges, including conspiracy and sabotage.
- Gonzalez is accused of document forgery and incitement to defy the law, and has ignored three summonses to appear before prosecutors.
- The current political situation in Venezuela is tense, with the opposition refusing to recognize President Nicolas Maduro’s win in the July 28 presidential elections.
Caracas: Venezuela’s Attorney General’s Office on Monday sought an arrest warrant against former Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia for various charges, including conspiracy, usurpation of authority, and sabotage.
The office posted on its Instagram account a letter addressed to the judge presiding over cases related to terrorism, detailing a series of alleged offenses, including document forgery and incitement to defy the law.
Gonzalez ignored three summonses to appear before prosecutors investigating him.
After losing the July 28 presidential elections, Gonzalez and another opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado refused to recognize President Nicolas Maduro‘s win and claimed the result was fraught with irregularities.
