KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2013 The Venezuelan Government and its people are capable of solving the country\u2019s ongoing political and economic crises without foreign interference, says Minister Counsellor and Charge d\u2019Affaires to Malaysia, Morella Barreto Lopez. By R. Ravichandran and Nabilah Saleh KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2013 The Venezuelan Government and its people are capable of solving the country\u2019s ongoing political and economic crises without foreign interference, says Minister Counsellor and Charge d\u2019Affaires to Malaysia, Morella Barreto Lopez. She said the opposition must first accept the Bolivarian Republic\u2019s constitution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
She said the opposition must first accept the Bolivarian Republic\u2019s constitution which was the basis for the election of President Nicolas Maduro in May last year. Maduro won the first term in 2013 after the death of President Hugo Chavez in March 2013.
As such, Barreto said there was no way a new election could be held as demanded by certain countries backing the self-proclaimed \u201cinterim\u201d president Juan
She said the constitution clearly stated that
Barreto pointed out that Article 233 of Venezuela\u2019s constitution clearly stated the fact of the matter; however,
On Jan 26, several European countries warned Maduro to call for elections within eight days, failing which, they would
\u201cThey must accept the constitution…it\u2019s not possible to have a new election, either. We want to be free, we want to sort out our own problems without interference from foreign countries. We don\u2019t accept that,\u201d she said in an interview with Bernama International News Service at Wisma Bernama here today.
Barreto also stressed that the opposition must accept the results of the presidential election which was won by Maduro in which he obtained 67.8
She said while moderate opposition parties contested in the election, opposition parties which she described as \u201cradical\u201d, including
The current crisis was escalated after Maduro\u2019s inauguration as president for a second six-year term on Jan 10, following which on Jan 23,
Claiming that Maduro\u2019s second term was illegitimate,
Barreto said after Maduro took office in 2013, the opposition thought they could easily topple him with foreign support.
She further pointed out that in order for Venezuelans to seek a comprehensive solution to the problems besetting the country of some 30 million people, it was paramount for the US to completely stop interfering in the country\u2019s internal affairs, which she said started in 1999 following the late Chavez\u2019s Bolivarian Revolution.
\u201cSince 2013, the president was willing to talk with the opposition at all times…but they refused,\u201d she said.
She added the main problem with the opposition now was that they were under the control and influence of the US; thus, the US should stop attacking Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty so that the nation could decide its own future and destiny.
\u201cAt the same time, the non-recognition of the Government of Venezuela will allow the enemies of our people to promote, finance or endorse internal actions of
Barreto also pointed out that the economic blockade by the US against Venezuela since 2015 prevented the Latin America country\u2019s normal access to food, medicines, basic goods as well as access to international financing through a policy of financial persecution against Venezuela.
She said the majority of the 15 member countries of the Caribbean Community had thrown their support for Maduro while many of the Non-Aligned Movement countries were also in solidarity with the Venezuelan Government of Maduro.
Barreto explained that the US intended to place a puppet government to control Venezuela\u2019s huge economic resources, especially its oil and minerals. Venezuela has the world\u2019s largest proven oil reserves.
She said Venezuela had been faced with US confrontation over the past 20 years and was confident that this time around too, the Venezuelan Government and its people would emerge
\u201cI am sure we will win…every time we won…this is a new situation but not impossible to win,\u201d she stressed.
Edited by Gerald Raja
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