Has Borges Turned against Guaidó? He Demands Answers on Crystallex, PetroParaguay and CITGO Scandals
Former Venezuelan deputy and fugitive from justice Julio Borges, who served as “foreign minister” for former deputy, the self-proclaimed “interim president” of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, demanded from him explanations about the corruption plot related to the theft of assets of the Venezuelan State abroad.
“From Primero Justicia we want to insist on the necessity to show concrete results of the investigations that we have requested, in order to clarify whether there was a transparent management of public funds,” Borges said through his Twitter account.
Alertamos que la írrita Asamblea de @NicolasMaduro viene con una andanada de guerra sucia y acusaciones falsas contra el liderazgo democrático. Por eso, reiteramos que la mejor forma de combatir las mentiras de la dictadura es con transparencia.
— Julio Borges (@JulioBorges) January 22, 2021
In another tweet, he highlighted that “it is essential to respond to each case that has created doubts in public opinion and to give access to all the information necessary to correctly clarify each of the events.”
Desde Primero Justicia queremos insistir en la necesidad de mostrar los resultados concretos de las investigaciones que hemos solicitado, con el fin de aclarar si hubo un manejo transparente de los fondos públicos.
— Julio Borges (@JulioBorges) January 22, 2021
He ended by noting that “Venezuela deserves an explanation on cases regarding the protection of assets abroad, like Crystallex, PetroParaguay; the handling of the Simón Bolívar Foundation of CITGO; the irregularities of the Commission of the Comptroller of the previous National Assembly, among others. The right thing to do is to display transparency in management.”
Es fundamental dar respuesta a cada caso que ha creado dudas en la opinión pública y dar acceso a toda la información necesaria para esclarecer de manera correcta cada uno de los eventos.
— Julio Borges (@JulioBorges) January 22, 2021
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It should be remembered that Borges was one of the leaders who, as a member of the previous National Assembly administration the term of which ended in 2020, promoted unilateral sanctions against Venezuela by the United States and the European Union, in addition to having participated in the self-proclaimed “interim presidency” of Juan Guaidó as his so-called foreign minister.
Meanwhile Guaidó shows his “strength in the streets”
Realizing that something was going wrong even within his fake cabinet, Guaidó decided to show his strength in the streets of east Caracas, but managed to gather only a handful of right-wing sympathizers and created a Twitter uproar with a pre-fabricated photo operation.
El lerdo quiere que creamos que esa supuesta manifestación fue una coincidencia con su salida a la calle. Un obvio montaje. Solo hay que ver los carteles: el que está pelando no tiene para imprimirlos, ni para comprar esas maderas cortaditas. Showsero y medio. https://t.co/Ss1Z6LHmFI
— Érika Ortega Sanoja (@ErikaOSanoja) January 23, 2021
Analyzing the comments to a post in which Guaidó presented himself as if he had just happened to join a spontaneous protest, “one of many that occur in all corners of Venezuela on a daily basis,” it can be seen easily that Venezuelan netizens have questioned the spontaneity of the photo operation and mocked former deputy Guaidó.
Featured image: Former deputy Juan Guaidó. File photo.
(La IguanaTV) with OT content.
Translation: OT/JRE/SC
