Venezuelan Public Ministry Opens Criminal Investigation Against Far Right

General Prosecutor of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, AUg 2024 Photo: EFE

August 5, 2024 Hour: 6:41 pm

Criminal investigation opens following the announcement by the opposition, which was described as “irrito”, in the letter they proclaim Gonzales Urrutia as winner of the elections on July 28.

The Venezuelan Public Ministry opened a criminal investigation against the former right-wing candidate Edmundo Gonzales Urrutia and the opposition Maria Corina Machado.

Criminal investigation opens following the announcement by the opposition, which was described as “irrito”, in the letter they proclaim Gonzales Urrutia as winner of the elections on July 28.

In a statement, the Public Prosecutor’s Office states that both opponents ignored the “only qualified body” to announce election results.

In addition, Machado and Gonzales Urrutia, in the words of the statement, “incited police and military officials to disobey the laws”.

El Ministerio Público de la República Bolivariana de #Venezuela ante el írrito comunicado difundido por Edmundo González y María Machado: #informa la apertura de una #Investigación Penal a fin de determinar su responsabilidad ante la presunta comisión de múltiples delitos #aquí… pic.twitter.com/229YZWFMkM
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) August 5, 2024

The tex reads,
The Public Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the statement issued by Edmundo González and María Machado: The Attorney General informs that a criminal investigation has been opened to determine his responsibility for the alleged commission of multiple crimes described here, which undermine the peace of the Venezuelan nation.

For all these incidents the Venezuelan Public Ministry, accused Edmundo Gonzales Urrutia and María Corina Machado of “Usurpation of Functions, Dissemination of False Information to Cause Confusion, Incitement to Disobedience of Laws, Instigation to Insurrection and Association for Delinquency and Conspiracy.

The statement stated that the Public Prosecutor’s Office will remain vigilant to any action that seeks violence among the Venezuelan population.

All this in his duty to be “the guarantor of peace and stability in the country,” says the statement.