Duque will not recognize the Venezuelan government after January 10, 2019
Duke: We will not have relations with the Venezuelan dictator after 10-Enero
The Cooperator | November 18, 2018
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Caracas.- The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, assured that he will not recognize the government of Nicolás Maduro, nor did his predecessor Juan Manuel Santos and he did not reopen diplomatic relations with Venezuela, starting on January 10 of next year. year, when the Venezuelan head of state is sworn in for a new presidential term.
In an interview for the Colombian media El Tiempo , Duque indicated that he would follow the steps of his predecessor and also that he would not recognize Maduro's mandate, since in his opinion, he is "a dictator". "The government of my predecessor did not recognize the latest electoral results in Venezuela. Me neither, like many other countries in the region," he said.
In this sense, the opinion of the Colombian president has to do with the expiration date of the Nicolás Maduro regime: Thursday, January 10, 2019. And, is that, article 231 of the Constitution in force in Venezuela states: "The elected candidate or elected candidate shall take office as President of the Republic on January 10 of the first year of its constitutional term, by means of an oath before the National Assembly. " That day "the chosen candidate" must start a new sexennium.
That is why, Duke when asked if he would reopen the diplomatic channels with Venezuela responded: "What does that mean? That in January, when between the new period of the dictator with that appearance of formality, we will not do the pantomime of maintaining diplomatic relations with a regime that is violating UN Resolution 1373, harboring terrorists in its territory; and second, we are not going to reward a criminal against humanity who is systematically wounding his people. For now with Venezuela there is a consular and business relationship, as in this type of circumstances," he said.
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