Venezuela attorney general requests arrest warrant for opposition leader

3/9/2024 7:14

        Venezuela's attorney general's office on Monday requested an arrest warrant be issued for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, after Gonzalez failed to respond to three summons to testify about an opposition website which published detailed results of the country's disputed presidential election.
        
        The website is being investigated for "usurping the function" of the electoral authority, which says President Nicolas Maduro won the July 28 contest but has not published detailed results.
        
        Venezuela's national electoral authority and its top court have said Maduro was the victor of the election with just over half of the votes, but tallies posted by the opposition show a resounding victory for Gonzalez.
        
        The opposition, some Western countries and international bodies like a United Nations panel of experts have said the vote was not transparent and demanded publication of full tallies, with some outright decrying fraud.