CARACAS: Venezuelan opponent Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims he was the rightful winner of the country's presidential election, said on Wednesday that he would defy a Supreme Court summons over the disputed results. Election authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July 28 vote, prompting the opposition to cry foul and sparking protests last week.
Multiple countries have recognized Gonzalez Urrutia as the winner. "If I go" to the Supreme Court, "I will be jeopardizing not only my freedom but, more importantly: the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28," Gonzalez Urrutia posted in on social media. — AFP
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