The National Assembly of Venezuela declared former presidents Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox, as well as other former Latin American leaders, as persona non grata, in case they intend to accompany opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia in his intention to be sworn in as president on Friday.
In an agreement approved unanimously on this day, Parliament vetoed the former governors Andrés Pastrana (Colombia), Mario Abdo Benítez (Paraguay), Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón (Mexico), Mireya Moscoso and Ernesto Pérez Balladares (Panama), Jorge Quiroga (Bolivia), Jamil Mahuad (Ecuador) and Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica).
The legislators repudiated “the disastrous and interfering statements of a group of fascists, from the international extreme right, who expressed their willingness to be present in Venezuelan territory on January 10, 2025 to hinder the possession and due oath of constitutional president Nicolás Maduro ”.
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Representative Rodbexa Poleo, who presented the draft agreement, defended that the Legislature is moved by “the defense of the homeland and the vindication of our history.”
Legislator José Brito, who defines himself as an opponent, assured that the “supine hypocrisy” is once again evident, and called the former rulers “four eclectics,” who, he said, “are incapable of presenting themselves before their respective countries as candidates.” not even to a province, because they would be expelled by their towns for surrenderers.”
Subsequently, the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, changed the debate and, after listing accusations against the former leaders, asked to reconsider the text of the agreement, considering it “a little timid.”
In that sense, he proposed establishing “clearly that if (the former presidents) dare to dig (dig), even with a single sole of their disgusting foot, the soil of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, they must be treated as invaders,” “they must “They must be prosecuted, they must be captured and the full weight of the law must fall on them.”
“If they do not have the proper permit and enter” without authorization from defense and security officials, “that aircraft, those crew members, the crew and the passengers have to be treated as a foreign force that is trying to invade (…) the air, maritime territory or land of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and they have to be treated as such,” he stated.
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The Venezuelan Parliament spoke out after Andrés Pastrana announced that nine former Latin American leaders intend to accompany the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia to his country in his objective of assuming the Presidency on January 10 that he claims after the July 28 elections.
With information from EFE
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