Venezuela has prevented the entry of a delegation of PP parliamentarians who had come as observers of Sunday’s elections and who They did not have permission from the government of Nicolás Maduro.

The president of the PP, Alberto Nunez Feijooannounced on social media that The delegation was “detained” at the Caracas airport and asked for its “immediate release” and the intervention of the Spanish Government. “I have just been informed that the PP delegation made up of 10 deputies, senators and MEPs is being held at Caracas airport by the Maduro regime. I demand their immediate release and that the Spanish Government provide the necessary means to this end,” said Núñez Feijóo.

From the Ministry of Foreign AffairsThey have explained Both the Senate Board and the Popular Parliamentary Group requested to be able to go as an electoral observation mission to Venezuela and the department headed by José Manuel Albares did not see any problem with this request. It informed and made all the arrangements with the Venezuelan authorities for this.

However, The Venezuelan authorities denied the authorization and the Foreign Ministry informed both the Senate and the GPP of this.“which is why all political groups, except the PP, decided not to make the trip,” according to sources from the Ministry. Despite this, the Spanish consul general in Caracas, who was waiting for them at the airport, went to the place “to provide them with whatever they needed,” according to Foreign Affairs sources.

PP sources have confirmed that “local authorities have communicated that they are prohibited from entering the country and that they will be deported” and that they are not allowed to use mobile devices. Thus, the expedition had to turn back. MEP Esteban González Pons and the PP spokesperson in Congress, Miguel Tellado, headed a delegation made up of Macarena Montesinos, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo and Belén Hoyo, who came at the invitation of candidate González Urrutia and opposition candidate María Corina Machado.

Finally, the ‘popular’ expedition is already travelling back to Spain after not being able to access Venezuela. And from the plane, Miguel Tellado has posted on his social networks denouncing the situation. “They expel us from the country“They don’t let us into Venezuela. Unfortunately, Maduro’s police are relentless. It’s obvious that those who don’t want to have foreigners on election dates are because a huge electoral fraud is being prepared here for next Sunday,” said the PP spokesman.

“In the face of this, we are clear that Venezuela today can be described as a true dictatorship and the change of this regime can only come from the hand of Edmundo González and the candidacy of María Corina Machado. We wish them much strength, much encouragement. We ask Venezuelans to go out and vote en masse on July 28 because only with their vote will change be possible,” he concluded.