On July 28, Venezuelans elected a new president or perhaps dictator Nicolas Maduro would remain in power. A few days after the electoral contest unfolded, some 71 people were arrested in an “arbitrary” way during the first ten days, according to a preliminary assessment published Monday by the NGO Laboratorio de Paz.
The arrests would be part of a systematic pattern of human rights violations as an official strategy to erode the legitimacy and effectiveness of Edmundo González Urrutia’s candidacy, says NGO Labora de Paz.
Urrutia remained a leading candidate in the face of a judicial blockade of María Corina Machado, one of the most popular leaders in the South American country.
Of the total, 48 of the people apprehended were linked to the provision of goods and services of the campaign – of the only candidate of the main coalition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD), Edmundo González Urrutia.
Venezuela’s main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitarian Platform (PUD), has been confident on Tuesday that its candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for July 28, Edmundo González, will win over Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
They feel confident.
All opinion polls point to a strong majority in favor of change, in favor of Edmundo González as the next president of Venezuela. That gap continues to widen, opposition Juan Carlos Caldera said Tuesday, Europa Press reportsEuropa Press.
In this regard, he said that the day of the elections will take place – with Venezuelans voting in peace.
“Let us assume as Venezuelans that it will be the day of democracy, change and joy,” he said at a press conference.
Opponent Juan Carlos Caldera also said that the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) has not made an institutional campaign to ask the population to vote.
“We call for him to fulfill his role in democracy and deploy a campaign inviting the vote,” he said.
This article has been translated after first appearing in La Estrella