(Caracas) A majority among Venezuelan opponents called on Wednesday for the end of the “interim government” of Juan Guaidó, believing that, four years after his self-proclamation, this system had weakened without achieving its political objectives.
“We address the country […] for the implementation of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (and) the termination of the functions of the interim government scheduled for next January 4, “says a statement signed by 69 of the 112 opponents who had supported the self-proclamation of Mr. Guaidó as interim president in 2019, when the opposition controlled parliament.
“The expected objectives of liberation have not been achieved and the country demands new paths that will lead us to democracy”, continues the text of the group composed of members of the largest opposition parties: Acción Democrática (AD), Primero Justicia (PJ) and Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT).
This initiative comes on the eve of the session of the parliament elected in 2015, which claims to be legitimate by considering that the legislative elections of 2020, won by the Chavista camp of President Nicolas Maduro, were fraudulent.
This session was convened at the end of last week by Juan Guaidó, who claims that his “interim presidency” is “essential” for the “non-recognition of the regime” of Nicolas Maduro, for diplomatic recognition and the “protection” of assets from the country abroad.
“I can say with certainty that the constitutional mechanism […] that we defended was useful in disavowing the dictatorship and delivering aid […] protect the assets, support this stage of democratic resistance,” Guaidó said in a video posted on social media in which he asks to wait for the results of the debate.
The signatories of Wednesday’s text argue for their part that the vast international support enjoyed by Juan Guaidó in 2019 has crumbled.
While the United States remains at his side, he has since lost the support of countries like Argentina, Mexico, Peru and more recently Colombia, all of which have gone to the left.
The existence of the “provisional government” has sparked dissension in the opposition in recent months, which is calling for primaries in 2023 to choose its sole candidate who will be called upon to face Nicolas Maduro in the presidential election of 2024.