Nicolás Maduro rejected European pressure to call elections: "Nobody can give us an ultimatum" – 01/27/2019

The European pressure for the Nicolás Maduro regime to call elections had the expected answer: "They must withdraw this ultimatum, no one can give us an ultimatum", said the Venezuelan president in an interview with the Turkish channel CNN, according to international agencies.

The European powers had given him this Saturday within eight days to Maduro to call free elections. In fact, the answer had already been provided yesterday, less diplomatically, by the number 2 of Chavismo, Diosdado Cabello. "There, in the European Union, they give us eight days, go to hell, no one gives us orders to Venezuelans!", He said.

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Meanwhile, encouraged by the increasingly firm support of Europe and the United States, the proclaimed President in charge, Juan Guaidó, asked his supporters to distribute this Sunday, in print form or on social networks, the law of amnesty approved by the Parliament of the majority of the opposition, which presides since January 5 last.

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"Organize with a group, download the document and bring the message of justice, meeting and forgiveness," said the head of parliament on Twitter on Sunday. break the internal cohesion of the chavista dome offering a long forgiveness.

Opposition groups should approach the General Command of the National Guard and police stations to hand over copies of the law that grants "all constitutional guarantees" to military and civilians who "collaborate in recovery of democracy ".

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Although their decisions were overturned by the judiciary for being considered contempt, the Congress approved an amnesty that eliminates "the civil, criminal, administrative (…) liability, investigation, prosecution, punishment and punishment" registered since on January 1, 1999., says the text, covering the two decades of the Chavez government.

The self-proclaimed interim president seeks to break the main support of Maduro, the armed forces, who, although this week he has reiterated his "absolute loyalty" and says he is united, shows cracks.

On Saturday, Venezuela's defense attaché in Washington, Colonel José Luis Silva, ignored Maduro as president and urged the armed forces – in a video recorded in his office and posted on Twitter – to support Guaidó, which He said he put his orders.

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Also, Guaidó will set this Sunday the date of a "great march"after a week that left about thirty dead and more than 350 arrested during demonstrations and riots, according to humanitarian groups.

"We will continue to achieve the end of the usurpation, a transitional government and free elections," said Saturday the 35-year-old opposition leader.