Venezuelan parliament president proposes cutting “all relations” with Spain

The National Assembly of Venezuelacontrolled by the president Nicholas Madurohas a prepared solution to urge that country’s government to sever “all diplomatic, consular, economic and commercial relations” with Spain. The move comes after the Spanish Congress approved the recognition of opponent Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect.

During last Wednesday’s session, the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, asked the Foreign Policy Commission for an immediate meeting to prepare a resolution that would “fully authorize” the plenary to “request the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela break immediately all relations” with the European country.

“Let all the representatives of the embassy of the government of the Kingdom of Spain and all the consulates and all the consuls leave here and we will bring ours from there, let them go to their murdererswith their coup plotters, with their fascists, with their violent people,” he said.

Rodríguez also requested that the resolution state that “all commercial activities of Spanish companies be stopped immediately,” in response to what he considered “the most brutal attack” by Spain on Venezuela “since the time” the Caribbean country fought for its independence, referring to the decision of Congress.

“People who do not even elect their president commit the atrocity of thinking that they can appoint the president of Venezuela (…) They should be ashamed that in the 21st century a person based on blood rights is the one who appoints the president in Spain, president of the government,” said the head of the AN.

According to him, the European country is “becoming a haven for murderers, fascists, coup plotters” and “violent people”, and he later named anti-Chavista politicians exiled in Spain, such as Leopoldo López.