CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for former opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, just over a month after electoral officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner. Winner of a contested election Opponents say he lost.
Prosecutors, who requested the warrant before a judge who specializes in terrorism-related crimes, listed a variety of charges against Gonzalez. Former DiplomatThese include conspiracy, forgery, and usurpation of power.
Election officials loyal to the ruling party announced hours after polls closed that Maduro had won the July 28 presidential election, without providing detailed results to back up their claim, as they have done in previous presidential elections, and the lack of transparency has drawn international condemnation.
But the opposition More than 80% of the votes talliedHe said this was printed on all electronic voting machines and showed that Maduro had lost by a large margin to Gonzalez.
