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Venezuela | Prosecutor's Office calls Edmundo Gonzalez to testify
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8/23/2024
Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, stated that citizen Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, would be subpoenaed to testify before the Prosecutor's Office. TeleSUR correspondent Gladys Quesada, offers more details. teleSUR
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Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab,
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stated that in the coming hours, the citizen, Edmundo González,
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will testify before the prosecutor's office.
00:09
Saab summoned the main opposition leader
00:11
to render statements on his rejection
00:14
of the final judgment issue by the Supreme Court of Justice,
00:17
in which the election of President Nicolás Maduro
00:20
was ratified.
00:22
The attorney general stated that González Urrutia did not
00:25
recognize the electoral results given
00:28
by the National Electoral Council,
00:30
nor the ratification of the Supreme Court of Justice.
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Hi, yes.
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Thanks for the time and the contact hearing from the South
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and for this opportunity to give you
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the updates of what is going on in Venezuela
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to you and to our audience.
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Yes, currently, the General Attorney of Venezuela,
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Tarek William Saab, offered his statements.
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He addressed the nation.
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And he started by saying that he salutes, he greets,
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he applauds the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice,
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the electoral instance of this body of justice,
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that in this occasion, well, yesterday precisely,
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was confirming the decision of the National Electoral
01:23
Council and the results of the July 28
01:25
presidential elections that called
01:27
the win for the current constitutional president
01:30
of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Morales.
01:33
The attorney general also started his address
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saying that he calls for no interference in Venezuela's
01:41
internal affairs.
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And he was also summarizing other cases
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that electoral instances of the justices of other countries
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were in the same case and in the same situation
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that Venezuela is right now.
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He was referring to Brazil with the occasion
01:58
that the elections were contested,
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also in the United States and in other, well,
02:03
countries and nations.
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He also was saying that Venezuela
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has the right to self-determination
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and to resolve internally and with its institutions
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every one of the, or every single of the businesses
02:18
and problems and maybe this kind of situations
02:21
that presents in the legal landscape here in Venezuela.
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Also, the prosecutor, he was explaining the process
02:30
in the aftermath of the July 28 presidential elections
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when the president, Nicolás Maduro Morales,
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was presenting this recourse on the Supreme Court of Justice
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and how every candidate and representative
02:44
of the political organizations in the country
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were present there offering their statements,
02:49
their declarations, and the evidence of what they saw
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and had also the ballot sheets that they consigned
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and presented to this instance of justice.
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And he stressed that the only one candidate
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that never showed up, that never went to give his statements
03:08
to the court was Edmundo González Urrutia,
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the candidate for the United Democratic Platform,
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and he is the far-right opposition candidate
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and the only one that never showed up for this process,
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for this legal and justice process in the country.
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Also, he was saying that González Urrutia
03:28
is still in contempt.
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This means that he never showed up to the mandate
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and for the, call it the subpoena
03:35
of the Supreme Court of Justice,
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and afterwards he is still not abiding by the law,
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he's not abiding by the mandate
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of the institutions of the nation,
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so he is in legal contempt,
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a figure that is punished by the law
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here in Venezuela and internationally also.
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Also, he said that González Urrutia
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is under investigation for the usurpation of functions,
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and he was referring to the website
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resultadosconvenezuela.com,
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which is resultswithvenezuela.com,
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is a parallel institution that they tried to forge
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and to create to announce the results
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of the National Electoral Council also,
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and to contest its results,
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and give a parallel reality on the results
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of the July 28th presidential elections.
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He also said that González Urrutia
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is under investigation for usurpation of functions,
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as I was saying, the instigation to disobey laws,
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that means that he was calling people,
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he was trying to, while doing this call
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on the people of Venezuela to do these disobedience acts,
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these terrorist actions, these violence actions
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that had place on July 29th and 30th.
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And also, he was saying that he is under investigation
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because of conspiracy, computer crimes,
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associations to commit crimes,
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forgery of public documents, among others.
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The forgery of public documents,
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he was referring to the results sheets
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of the July 28th presidential elections
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that were published in this website
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that has no validity and has no institutional backing
05:16
here in Venezuela.
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Also, and concluding his intervention,
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he was saying that in the next hours,
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Edmundo González Urrutia will be summoned
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by the public prosecutor's office
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to render statements on his responsibility
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with the page, the website,
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that he attempted to usurp the electoral power.
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So, by now, or so far, this is the information,
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so the public, the attorney general's public office
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is summoning, is subpoenaing Edmundo González Urrutia
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because, most of all, or maybe Grasso Moro,
05:51
and this usurpation of functions
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and the forgery of public documents.
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That's to say, that is a crime
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because it is trying to establish parallel state,
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a parallel reality here in Venezuela.
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And so far, he's still in contempt
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with the calling of the institutions.
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That's the information so far.
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Those were the declarations of the general attorney,
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Tarek William Saab,
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and we are expecting other statements
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and maybe other actions in the future,
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so stay tuned with TELUS or English for more information.
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Now, we give you back the signal.
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We are back to you.
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