He opposition leader in Venezuela and candidate for the presidency of his country Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia In the elections of July 28, he issued a statement in Madrid on Thursday in which he clarified that he had not been coerced by the Government of Spain to be transferred and granted asylum in this country.
“I have not been coerced by the Government of Spain nor by the Spanish ambassador in Venezuela, Ramón Santos,” says the statement, which begins by justifying it “in light of the various versions that circulate regarding a supposed coercion by officials of the Spanish State.”
Gonzalez Urrutia He stressed that all the arrangements for his transfer “were supervised and facilitated directly by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Alabares, ensuring my well-being and freedom of choice at all times.”
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