The archbishop emeritus of Caracas: "It's a disaster, Maduro must withdraw and return the power that he occupies de facto"

"This terrible electrical crisis reflects the inability of current leaders to lead the country's life, they are simply unable to govern Venezuela."said Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino. For him, the "radical but peaceful" solution to the crisis is "that Maduro, already rejected by the majority of the population, will withdraw and transmit the power that he occupies de facto".

Addressing ACI Prensa, the cardinal said that the current situation was causing "great anxiety for the country" and said that what is happening in Venezuela ", to say it briefly and clearly: is a real disaster ".

"It is necessary that the interim presidency of the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, be accepted, that a transitional government, provided for in article 233 of the Constitution, be set up to allow the holding of elections clean and transparent, as well as an authentic power, recovery of the country ", he added.

Maduro claims that Venezuela is experiencing an "electric war" and that instability is due to alleged attacks on the system perpetrated by the opposition and the US President Donald Trump's government.
But opposition and Venezuelan experts accuse the regime and the National Electric Corporation (CORPOELEC) of being at the origin of the power cuts.

Cardinal Urosa recalled that in his January statement, the bishops of Venezuela denounced the extreme poverty in which the people lived. "It is a sin that calls heaven to want to keep power at all costs and to try to prolong the failure and inefficiency of recent decades, it is morally unacceptable," the prelates also denounced.

The cardinal baderted that The origin of the crisis lies in "an unsuccessful ideological project, Marxist socialism, 21st century socialism that has led the country to ruin and Venezuelans to untold suffering."

"The country does not work! We all suffer from the scarcity of basic services, such as water, transport and electricity, and also from inflation that has impoverished everyone and especially affected the weakest, "he said. .

At the protests of recent days, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas said that the Maduro government "should listen to the voice of the most humble, who can not stand it anymore, they should not continue to subject the popular clbades to the tests , the limitations and humiliations that they caused. "

The cardinal also denounced the fact that Maduro and others "invite civilian groups, violent and armed, to contain the popular demonstrations, which are totally criminal, unacceptable and intolerable, and the reasonable people of Chavismo must make sure that its leaders see that this is totally illegal ". It is criminal to promote the violence of armed gangs to contain legitimate peaceful demonstrations, the leaders of the armed forces can not afford. "

Cardinal Urosa appealed, with all the bishops of Venezuela, to "maintain calm, to act by peaceful means, while demanding the respect of our rights".

"A message of solidarity to those who are suffering the most now, our brothers in the popular clbad and all Venezuelans also affected by this government disaster," he said.

"It is necessary that the present rulers understand that they must leave and that they must not continue to make the Venezuelan people suffer, and we ask God with force that we, the Venezuelans, can resolve this crisis. in a peaceful way, "concluded the cardinal.