Venezuela’s former opposition candidate, Edmundo González, on Wednesday said he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognizing his defeat in July’s presidential election, which electoral authorities claim was won by President Nicolás Maduro.
The revelation of the letter is the latest strain to the country’s political crisis, which was exacerbated by the disputed election results and González’s recent departure for exile in Spain. González and the Unitary Platform coalition he represented on July 28 claim they defeated Maduro by a wide margin.
The document states it was meant to be confidential, but Jorge Rodríguez, head of the National Assembly and Maduro’s chief negotiator, presented it during a nationally televised press conference hours after a local news outlet published parts of it. The letter shows González as the sender and is addressed to Rodriguez, who signed it as recipient.
委内瑞拉前反对派候选人埃德蒙多·冈萨雷斯周三表示，他被迫签署了一封信，该信实际上承认了他在 7 月总统大选中的失败，选举当局声称总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗赢得了大选。
这封信的披露是该国政治危机的最新压力，有争议的选举结果和冈萨雷斯最近流亡西班牙加剧了这一危机。冈萨雷斯和他所代表的统一平台联盟在 7 月 28 日声称他们以巨大优势击败了马杜罗。
该文件称，这封信本来是保密的，但国民议会议长兼马杜罗的首席谈判代表豪尔赫·罗德里格斯在一家当地新闻媒体公布了部分内容几个小时后，在全国电视新闻发布会上展示了这封信。这封信显示冈萨雷斯是发件人，收件人是罗德里格斯，他以收件人的身份在信中签名。
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