“Help, they’re taking me,” shouted Dignora Hernández, political coordinator of María Corina Machado’s electoral command, when agents of the SEBIN (the secret police) violently took her away in their car this Wednesday together with Henry Alviarez, leader national of the organization. of the leadership of the opposition’s favorite candidate, a few hours before the official registration of candidacies for the July elections begins this Thursday in Venezuela.
A few hours after the sudden and inexplicable arrest of Hernández and Alviarez, the arrest warrant issued by prosecutor Tarek William Saab against seven more bosses which in total amounts to approx nine coordinators of the Liberal leader’s command for alleged “conspiracy” and “treason”.
The people affected by the public prosecutor’s provision are: Oswaldo Bracho, Pedro Urruchurtu, Omar González Moreno, Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero, Fernando Martínez Mottola and Magallí Meda (head of the campaign command).
The authorities accuse of planning “violent actions” to “force” the registration of the disqualified opponent’s candidacy
Harassment of the opposition
María Corina called a press conference to denounce harassment and persecution that the regime of Nicolás Maduro subjected to his command with an action that he defined “brutal, cruel and painful”, occurring for the first time in 25 years of Chavismo. Try to dismantle my team.
Maria Corina Machado He called President Nicolás Maduro a coward for the arrests of his campaign team. Nicolás Maduro’s regime unleashes brutal repression against my campaign teams.
María Corina Machado called President Nicolás Maduro a coward for the arrests of his campaign team. Photo: BloombergThese cowardly actions aim to close Venezuela’s path to change and freedom in peace and democracy.
Submission of applications
The raid against the main candidate, who Chavismo has turned into its enemy, occurred a few hours before the start of the registration period for candidates in the elections, from March 21 to 25.
The expectation was that María Corina will announce when you register despite the disqualification that weighs on him by order of Chavismo. According to him, the regime is demonstrating this with his actions “He is weak and lost!”
He said the arrest of his command chiefs try to “leave her alone” But “they are wrong because now I have many more reasons to continue fighting. “They will NOT demoralize me nor will I abandon the Venezuelans because this is a fight that transcends the electoral one, it goes much further, it is a fight of good against evil.”
“I I will never stop fighting. And Venezuelans can rest assured that I will never abandon them.”
He said that in the regime’s repression “what they found is the strength of the people, the unity, the dignity of a country that has decided to change.”
“These cowardly actions aim to close Venezuela’s path to change and freedom in peace and democracy. Venezuelans, I ask you for strength and courage in these difficult times. “Today more than ever we must be united and firm to continue moving towards our goals,” he added.
He said this on the day of his registration will announce it in due course. “Each day I will announce the steps and actions we will take.” And he asked himself what each of the Venezuelans will do and what the international community will do, as well as expressing his solidarity and support for the cause of freedom.
Machado raised a global alarm over the “brutal repression” against his team and called for “strength and courage” from Venezuelans. Photo: BloombergMaría Corina has raised a global alarm over the “brutal repression” against her team and called for “strength and courage” from Venezuelans.
The United Democratic Platform (PUD), a coalition of 10 opposition parties, released a statement on social networks condemning the unjustified detention of María Corin’s command.
The former president of Colombia, Andrés Pastrana, immediately spoke on the X network: “Faced with his imminent defeat, Nicolás Maduro unleashes a ferocious persecution.”
At the last minute, the Republican Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives denounced the harassment of María Corina Machado: “Tomorrow (that Thursday) we will vote to reimpose sanctions on Maduro”. The oil licenses of Chevron and others to operate in Venezuela expire in the first half of April and it is likely that the United States will not renew the permits.
Source: Clarin
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