The EU must have a “leading role” in Venezuela, defends opposition journalist Carla Angola

The European Union must adopt a “protagonist role” behind him exile of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González in Spain, says Venezuelan journalist and opposition activist Carla Angola. The Venezuelan politician, winner of the July 28 elections in Venezuela According to the minutes presented by the opposition, he has requested asylum in Spain.

But according to Angola it is not enough and wants “Europe to immerse itself deeply in this, to punish those who have caused the elected president to end up in exile. Furthermore, he has asked the EU to “no longer limit themselves to these excuses.”

Spain has coordinated González’s trip with the Government of Nicolas Maduro. But the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, has defended that there have been no compensations. “The question here that many are asking is whether there was a negotiation or not. That is the issue, “I’m not so clear.”Angola doubts. Although he recognizes that “the Spanish Government insists that there were no negotiations or compensation involved in the granting of this asylum.”

For Angola, González’s exile benefits Maduro. “What I see is that Maduro the cost of arresting him was savedthat’s why he lets it go and lets it go so quickly. “So what we Venezuelans would expect is for a democratic Venezuelan government to be installed in exile.”

The focus on Europe

And that is why he asks the European Parliament to stop seeing the situation as “a matter of internal politics in Spain.” In these moments The European Union does not recognize either the victory of Maduro or that of González.

We must rise above partisan differencesrecognize the presidency of Edmundo González, that Europe stops being or stops seeing Venezuela as a matter of ideologies. No, it’s not just protecting him. It is recognizing it, it is putting pressure on the punishment of those who committed crimes against humanity and even the exile of an elected president. “This needs to be seen as a matter of urgency.”

González now joins the list of Venezuelan opponents exiled in Spainlike Leopoldo López or Antonio Ledezma.