PM Sánchez: Spain won't recognise González as new Venezuelan president at this time
Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after fleeing Venezuela on a Spanish army jet following a hotly contested presidential election, which several foreign governments believe he won.
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00:00Spain's parliament is to vote on recognizing Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of the Venezuelan
00:08presidential election.
00:11Many gathered outside of the parliament in Madrid to support the proposal that was put
00:16forward by Spain's People's Party.
00:19We do not have freedom or a state of law in Venezuela.
00:24That is why we ask the whole world to help us recognize our president-elect and be able
00:31to make the transition that Venezuela needs so much.
00:34This fight is for everyone.
00:35It is for the elderly, it is for the adults and it is for us, for the young.
00:40Not only for our future, but also for the future of future generations.
00:44The opposition leader, who says he won the July 28 election, stood against Venezuelan
00:50President Nicolas Maduro, who also claimed victory.
00:54Following an arrest warrant, Gonzalez fled into exile after being granted asylum by Spain.
01:01It came as a major blow to those who placed their hopes to the end of two decades of a
01:06single-party rule.