The anti-Chavista Henrique Capriles denounces a third attack against him in ten days

The anti-Chavista presidential candidate Henrique Capriles denounced this Wednesday a third attack against him in the last ten days, of which he once again accused supporters of the ruler United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), during a tour in the central state Aragua.

“Today we are dealing with the third violent attack in recent days, this time in the municipality girardot of the state Aragua (…), executed by a few supporters of the ruling party SUVbut, on this occasion, organized and accompanied by police officers”, Said the opponent on Twitter, who assured that some of the attackers carried pistols.

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The objective of these acts, he pointed out, is “sow terror in the communities and prevent the serious economic and social problems they are going through from being known and, therefore, publicly denounced”.

“Our campaign is for the meeting of Venezuelans in healthy peace and for democratically changing the worst government in Venezuelan history.”, expressed the politician, who has already been a presidential candidate twice, in 2012 and 2013, when he was defeated at the polls by the late Hugo Chavez (1999-2013) and the current president, Nicolas Madurorespectively.

On May 29, the opponent accused the SUV of sending one of his followers to sabotage a political activity in a sector of the state miranda (north), where he was governor between 2008 and 2017.

Four days later, he denounced having suffered an attack when a group of people, led by women, attacked him during a tour in a community in the state carabobo (center).

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Despite these facts, Capriles, who is currently disqualified from holding political office, assured on Saturday that he will continue his campaign in search of the presidential candidacy.

Last March, the anti-Chavista launched, during an act of proclamation organized by his party, justice first (PJ), his candidacy for the primaries that the opposition will hold on October 22, to choose a candidate who will face the ruling party in the presidential electionscheduled for 2024.

Source: Elcomercio

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