Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has called for a demonstration in Saturday, August 17. It will be with a request that the authorities recognize the "victory" of the opposition in the presidential elections on July 28, in which the current head of state Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner, reported France Presse, quoted by BTA.
"This Saturday, August 17, we will take to the streets of Venezuela and the world. Let's raise our voices together so that the world can support our victory and recognize the truth and the sovereign will of the people," Machado said on social networks.
Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who replaced Machado when her candidacy was declared illegitimate by the government, said: "We won, Venezuela won. See you on the 17th".
According to data from non-governmental organizations for the protection of human rights, as a result of the post-election unrest, 24 people have died and 2,200 have been arrested.
Opposition protests have so far been quelled by the police, who did not intervene on August 3 during an opposition rally in Caracas. Since then, the opposition has not called for demonstrations.
On August 2, the National Electoral Council (NIS) confirmed Maduro's victory with 52% of the vote, without releasing the exact count data and polling station protocols, saying it was the victim of a computer hacking attack.
According to the opposition, which published the minutes obtained by its electoral agents, whose legitimacy Maduro rejects, Edmundo González Urrutia won the election with 67% of the vote.
The opposition and many observers believe that the hacking attack that the NIS claims to have been a victim of was a government fabrication to avoid the publication of election documents.