The military remains out of favor on the side of President Maduro

2024-08-12 19:48:09

While his opponent and candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, continues to claim victory in the presidential election of July 28, the president, Nicolas Maduro, refuses any negotiations, with the support of the military.

Correspondent in Caracas

« We also pledge our absolute loyalty to citizen Nicolas Maduro Moros, (…) re-elected rightfully by popular power for the next presidential term 2025-2031. » General Vladimir Padrino Lopez, Venezuelan Minister of Defense, appeared on public television on August 6, surrounded by all the general staff, to reiterate his loyalty to the President, whose re-election is contested by the opposition and some international communities. « We categorically reject the desperate appeals and opposition (…) of former candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia »added the minister, while the second day passed, the main opponent of Maduro during the July 28 election has challenged the military and the police, in a letter published on social networks, to call them to line up. « on the part of the people and their own families »who knows them « will which was expressed on the 28th&nbsp