Through a communiqué, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela spoke out before the national and international community about the latest events that occurred with the former presidential candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, who this Saturday left Venezuela for Spain, a country that granted him political asylum.
Following, the full text of the communiqué:
“The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela speaks out before the national and international community regarding the latest events that occurred with citizen Edmundo González Urrutia, who had been requested by means of an arrest warrant for his repeated failures to appear before summons made by the 58th national Prosecutor’s Office to be interviewed.
1. This Public Prosecutor’s Office had first-hand knowledge of the exact moment in which the citizen Edmundo González Urrutia entered the embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Caracas. We were then informed by the Venezuelan authorities of the request for asylum made by him, within the framework of international human rights law and diplomatic relations between States.
2. The governments of Spain and Venezuela agreed to grant a safe-conduct to citizen Edmundo González Urrutia so that he could leave the national territory and accept the asylum granted by Spain. Consequently, this Public Prosecutor’s Office expresses its absolute respect for the decisions of the Venezuelan Executive so that in compliance with the right to asylum, guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic in its article 69, it has granted the corresponding safe-conduct.
3. Given that in his communication to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, received on September 4, citizen Edmundo González Urrutia expressed his recognition of our authority as Attorney General of the Republic and the powers that the institution that we direct has based on the Constitution and the Law; This Public Ministry has maintained the close communication established during the last few days with the legal representative of Mr. González Urrutia, attorney José Vicente Haro, for the purposes of the case being investigated by this office.”
Caracas, September 8, 2024.
Tarek William Saab
Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
