Chavista groups have attacked this Friday Henrique Capriles, opposition candidate for the internal primaries to be held in October, during an electoral act that was held in Valencia, Carabobo state, near Caracas. A woman, of great physical weight, slipped between the group that protected the opposition leader from the harassment of the revolutionary shock brigades to punch him in the face, accompanied by insults.
"Once again the violent groups commanded by Maduro and his lackey Rafael Lacava (Chavista governor of Carabobo), sabotage an activity in a community appealing to women. The PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, official party) tries to silence us, but they will never silence us! ", the candidate reacted on his social networks, who also assured that he will continue touring Venezuela.
Capriles already suffered another attempted attack this week, carried out by workers from the Miranda state government, now Chavista but which the opposition leader directed for years. One of the attackers brandished a machete in a threatening manner.
"This shows how low they act and how desperate they are," said Primero Justicia, the candidate's party. "We have fought all our lives for non-violence against women when we see the Maduro regime mistreat women when she uses them for violence against Capriles. Totally condemnable," added Dinorah Figuera, president of the democratic National Assembly.
Several of the rivals in the primaries, who are also victims of revolutionary harassment, immediately expressed their solidarity with Capriles. "I repudiate and condemn this vile and cowardly attack ordered by the dictatorship against Henrique Capriles. Responsible Maduro," accused Andrés Velásquez, of La Causa R.
"You know that after October 22 (the date of the primaries) we will be a single team that will defeat you," added Juan Guaidó, former president in charge. After going into exile from Venezuela, Guaidó was replaced as Popular Will standard-bearer by Freddy Superlano, the consensus opposition candidate who won the governorship of Barinas at the polls, but was disqualified after a Bolivarian fraud.
The reality is that Chavismo allows the advance of the opposition primaries from outside, but places one obstacle above another in their path, either through the National Electoral Council (CNE), street harassment or the collusion of other public powers. . This week the judicial appeal presented by an obscure character linked to the revolution to intervene in this internal process for the election of Nicolás Maduro's rival for the 2024 presidential elections has also become known.
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