Maria Corina Machado called on Venezuelans to mobilize on August 28

María Corina Machado called on Venezuelans to “take to the streets” on Wednesday, August 28, one month after the electoral fraud committed by the Nicolás Maduro regime was confirmed by the Supreme Court, after his questioned reelection without presenting the electoral records.

“We Venezuelans are once again in the streets. This August 28th; as a family, with your children, with your grandchildren and with your certificate in hand, we ratify that #ActaMataSentencia,” Machado posted on X, along with an image that reads “on the streets on the 28th.”

“Every day we are stronger and we are going all the way!” says the leader of Vente Venezuela on her social networks.

The opposition leader claims victory for candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, saying she has copies of the electoral records that prove Maduro’s defeat by a wide margin.

Earlier on Saturday, María Corina Machado had called on the international community to hold Maduro responsible for “the repression unleashed” in the Caribbean country, especially after the July 28 elections.

The former deputy said that the international community “must recognize” the “victory” of the opposition and “hold Maduro and his criminal regime responsible for the repression unleashed.”

According to official figures, more than 2,400 people have been arrested since July 29 – some in demonstrations and others in police operations – while 27 people have died in acts of violence that Maduro’s Chavista regime attributes to the opposition, while the opposition blames the state security forces on orders from their superiors.

In her message to X, Machado reiterated that “consolidating the democratic transition” in the Caribbean country is “the only way to stop” Venezuelan migration and for those who are abroad to “return home.”

On Saturday, however, there were strong statements. First, the European Union (EU) rejected the ruling of the Chavista Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on the elections in Venezuela and demanded that the regime publish “verifiable results.” “Only results that are independently verifiable will be accepted and recognized to ensure that the will of the Venezuelan people is respected,” the EU countries indicated in a statement published by the office of the High Representative for Community Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell.

Hours later, the presidents of Brazil and Colombia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro, close to the Maduro regime, insisted on the need to release the electoral records “broken down by voting table”, after the TSJ endorsed Maduro’s victory.

“Both presidents remain convinced that the credibility of the electoral process can only be restored through the transparent publication of disaggregated and verifiable data,” said a joint statement from both countries, which also insists that “the political normalization of Venezuela” will only be achieved through “recognition that there is no lasting alternative to peaceful dialogue and democratic coexistence in diversity.”

Meanwhile, as the Attorney General of the Venezuelan regime, Tareck William Saab, had announced on Friday, this Saturday the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office) summoned the presidential candidate of the majority opposition, Edmundo González Urrutia, to testify due to a criminal investigation against him, due to the alleged commission of crimes associated with the accusation of electoral fraud made by the anti-Chavez movement.

The appointment is for next Monday, August 26, at 10 in the morning, according to what is indicated in the summons issued by the Prosecutor’s Office, which is close to dictator Nicolás Maduro.

According to the summons, the opposition leader must appear at the headquarters of the MP in Caracas as part of an investigation into the “alleged commission of crimes of usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, incitement to disobedience of laws, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracy.”

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the website where the main opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – claims to have published 83.5% of the minutes of the presidential elections of July 28, which show González Urrutia’s victory.

“Please appear before this fiscal representation of the Public Ministry (…) on August 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., in order to give an interview in relation to the facts that this office is investigating related to the publication and maintenance of the website,” the summons reads.