The Diplomat
The Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia has published a letter today in which he justifies his decision to leave Venezuela and travel to Spain so that “things change” and a new stage can open in his country.
In his letter, disseminated through social networks, González Urrutia expresses his gratitude to the Spanish Government for having welcomed him and given him “protection at this time”, and also to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Caracas, where he was a refugee for more than a month, after the elections of July 28.
The former presidential candidate says that he made his decision “thinking about Venezuela and that our destiny as a country cannot, should not be one of conflict of pain and suffering.” “I have done it,” he explains, “thinking about my family and all Venezuelan families at this time of so much tension and anguish. I have done it so that things change and we build a new stage for Venezuela.”
After indicating that his commitment “does not come from a personal ambition,” he says that his decision is “a gesture that reaches out to everyone” and bets on dialogue: “Only the politics of dialogue can make us meet again as compatriots. Only democracy and the realization of the popular will can be the path to our future as a country and I will continue to be committed to this.”
Finally, he thanks all the support received and praises “the work and effort of María Corina Machado who led this electoral process” as well as “the Unitary Platform for its work and commitment.”
