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Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González has reacted to the European Parliament’s decision to recognise him as the legitimate and democratically elected president of Venezuela.
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González said today that his departure from Caracas is “temporary” and called on the European Union to act to ensure that Venezuela “enforces the sovereignty expressed at the ballot box.”
“I believe the time has come to ask Europe once again and more forcefully than ever for all that it could do through its collegial action at the international level to contribute to the goal of enforcing the sovereignty expressed at the ballot box in Venezuela,” González said in a video posted on his social network X.
The opposition leader, who stressed that his departure from Venezuela is “temporary”, was reacting in this way to the decision of the European Parliament to recognise him as the legitimate and democratically elected president of Venezuela, in a non-binding text that was approved with the yes of the European People’s Party (right), the ultra-conservatives and the extreme right.
The resolution, approved with 309 votes in favor, 201 against and 12 abstentions, also recognizes María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela.
“As President-elect, I thank the European Parliament for this recognition that transcends me; it is the recognition of the sovereign will of the people of Venezuela and the thunderous voice of a majority that demands that the truth be respected,” said González.
“And my message to the Venezuelan people is: The international community continues to increase its support for the sovereign will of our people. We are working tirelessly to make it prevail!” he added.
