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00:00In Venezuela, the leaders of political parties and former presidential candidates

00:04began their hearings before the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.

00:08Former presidential candidates attend the call of the electoral chamber after President Nicolás Maduro

00:13filed an appeal to verify and investigate the electoral process.

00:18The court started the hearing for the individual appearance of the former candidates

00:22and their legal representatives. Opposition candidates Manuel Rosales of Un Nuevo Tiempo,

00:28José Luis Cartaya for La Mesa de la Unidad Democrática and José Simón Calzadilla for

00:33De Movimiento por Venezuela were the first to appear.

00:37The officials are called to present arguments and evidence before the court.

00:47On Wednesday, the political parties that supported the presidential candidacy of Edmundo González

00:52Urrutia did not present evidence and tally sheets before the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court.

00:58In this way, the entity informed that the representatives of the opposition political

01:03parties appeared before the institution, with the exception of the far-right candidate Edmundo

01:08González, who had expressed that he would not appear. In this sense, the leader of the

01:13Un Nuevo Tiempo party and governor of the state of Zulia, Manuel Rosales, replied that he did not

01:20present any evidence referring to the fact that they have nothing to present. On the other hand,

01:26the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Carizlia Rodríguez,

01:29expressed that the candidates and political leaders of each party must appear personally

01:34to present the necessary documents and answer the questions asked by this judicial body.

01:39In this sense, he indicated that the non-attendance of Edmundo González

01:43would have consequences in accordance with what the legal system provides.

01:48It is hereby stated for the record that citizen Edmundo González Urrutia has not attended the

01:54summons of the electoral chamber of the highest court where he should also have consigned what

01:57was required by this juridical body and has not attended the summons that he was informed to be

02:02present today before this electoral chamber. Please, citizen secretary, it is important that

02:09your non-appearance and your non-observance of the perfectly present documents of the

02:13It is important that your non-appearance and your non-observance of the perfectly

02:17practiced summons to be present today before this highest authority of our

02:21Supreme Court of Justice be recorded.

Venezuela | Supreme Court hearings begin with absence of Edmundo Gonzalez

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