Venezuela: opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia is committed to a transition with guarantees

The candidate of the anti-Chavista majority alliance for the July 28 presidential elections, Edmundo González Urrutiaassured this Wednesday, in his first message to the country published on his social networks, that his commitment focuses on the recovery of the Venezuela and carrying out a transition with guarantees.

The candidate – chosen unanimously by the parties that make up the Democratic Unity Table (MUD), to which was added the vote of Maria Corina Machado– committed to building a country “where no one is afraid of being persecuted for their ideas” and in what “The autonomy and independence of public authorities are guaranteed.”

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González Urrutia also expressed his concern about “O poverty which expands, while inflation persists and the currency (the bolivar) loses real value”while – he assured – health and education services are “in regression” and “they accentuate inequality”.

The candidate recognized that he faces the challenge of recovering the “Deteriorated water and electricity services that harm daily life and impede economic growth.”

He also expressed his concern about the “families separated by mass emigration” of citizens leaving the country “even at the risk of its own existence”a situation in which “No one can be indifferent.”

In this sense, he assured that he is committed to “the return of exiles and all Venezuelans who left and they want to go back” and with the country’s positioning so that “return to being a reference international democratic”.

On the other hand, the opponent thanked Machado – winner of the October primaries, but prevented from participating in the elections due to being disqualified – for his support, as well as the state governor Zulia, Manuel Rosaleswho withdrew his candidacy for the presidential elections to join that of González Urrutia, with whom the alliance achieved unity.

He also expressed his gratitude for the “numerous demonstrations of solidarity, support and support” which, he highlighted, “are a stimulus to continue the path of democratic reconstruction”.

“It is time to march together for the recovery of our democracy, it is time to put aside our differences and work together to achieve electoral victory next July. “I raise the banners of broad and integral unity that provide perspective and vision for the future”, reiterated the candidate who will seek defeat chavismoin power since 1999.

Source: Elcomercio

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