A warrant for the arrest of a former presidential candidate of the opposition in Venezuela is being sought by a prosecutor.
A month after the disputed election in which President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner, officials took action.
On Monday, Venezuelan authorities sought an arrest warrant for former presidential candidate Edmundo González, a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the disputed election that his opponents claim he lost.
In its request for a warrant, the prosecutor emphasized terrorism-related offenses and mentioned several charges against González, a former diplomat, including conspiracy, document falsification, and abuse of power.
The ruling party-backed electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner of the July 28 presidential elections shortly after polls closed. However, they did not provide any detailed results to support their claim, as they had done in previous elections. This lack of transparency has resulted in international condemnation.
Despite the opposition's efforts, they obtained more than 80% of the vote tally sheets, which are printed by every electronic voting machine, and claimed that Maduro lost by a wide margin against González.
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