Government of Venezuela He confirmed on Wednesday that the opposition leader “María Corina Machado has fled to Spain”where the leader of the opposition coalition, Edmundo González Urrutia, is being expelled, seems to be the winner of the last presidential election on July 28 by the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
In a televised event, President Nicolás Maduro – announced that he was re-elected by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) – said that “la sayona” – as Machado is often derogatorily referred to – “left” the country and “escaped” to “the best accommodation” somewhere in Spain.”
Although the head of state did not mention the name of the opposition, the Minister of Communications, Freddy Ñáñez, collected the words and confirmed on Telegram that, according to the president, “María Corina Machado fled to Spain.” Specifically, Maduro said: “I have a secret for you, but I don’t know, do you know how to keep a secret? (…) Who likes gossip? (…) It seems that the old man (in reference to González Urrutia ) left last month, (.. .) and sayona also left, ran away, ran away, (…) left to the end, the best tavern there in Spain. , (…) “That’s how it is. Please don’t tell anyone about this.” ‘Sayona’ is a person who, according to Venezuelan oral literature, appears as a ghost and punishes unfaithful men.
Last Monday, the President, without giving names or specific references, He said “he” left the country, even though he is not allowed to leave the country. since June 2014. “Don’t tell anyone, he left the country, my sources tell me that he fled (…) he’s a coward, he’s good at sending messages of hate and intolerance, but he left, his suitcases arrived. Gucci and I’m leaving,” he said, again, without naming names.
González Urrutia, the leader of the main opposition coalition – Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – arrived in Madrid on September 8, after asking for protection because of the political and judicial “persecution” he said he suffered in his country after the elections. After leaving the enemy, Machado, who claims to be “hiding”, afraid of “life” and “liberty”, said that he will continue to fight with Venezuela, while González Urrutia will do it “from outside”. Similarly, on September 30, the former deputy, in his speech of thanks via videoconference after winning the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, said that he “will continue to fight together with the Venezuelan people.”
