Venezuela prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for opposition candidate Gonzalez
Al Jazeera
President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the July poll, a result rejected by the opposition and international observers.
Venezuelan prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who claims to have rightfully won July’s disputed election against President Nicolas Maduro.
On Monday, the country’s public prosecutor’s office published a letter on social media that it said it had sent to a “terrorism” judge, asking for a warrant on charges stemming from the opposition’s insistence that Maduro and his allies stole the election.
Shortly afterwards, the attorney general’s office said the court had accepted the request. It did not share any documentation to support its statement.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), made up mostly of Maduro loyalists, declared him the winner of the July 28 vote. The outcome has been disputed by much of the international community, with the US going so far as to recognise Gonzalez as the victor.
The CNE has said it cannot publish records of the results, blaming hackers for allegedly corrupting the data.
