Nicolas Maduro rejects any “negotiation” with the opposition leader

President Nicolas Maduro, whose re-election is contested, rejected on Friday, August 9, any “negotiation” with opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, saying she had to respond “crimes committed”. “I think the only person who has to negotiate with [Maria Corina] Machado in this country is the attorney general, let her go to justice and answer for the crimes she has committed”declared the head of state at the end of his summons before the Supreme Court.

According to the opposition, which published the presidential election reports obtained through its poll workers, Edmundo Gonzalez, who had replaced opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at short notice, won the election with 67% of the vote. The opposition and many foreign observers believe that the hacking of the National Electoral Council was an invention of the government to avoid having to publish the polling station reports. President Nicolas Maduro, for his part, appealed to the Supreme Court on August 1 to have the “to validate” his victory.

Edmundo Gonzalez, who was summoned on Wednesday, did not appear in court, writing on X: “If I go” to the Supreme Court “I will endanger not only my freedom but also, more importantly, the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28.”election date.