[Music] a Venezuelan court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader edmundo Gonzalez amid a dispute over whether he or president Nicholas Maduro won the country's presidential election in Late July News of the warrant came from the country's Attorney General's office on Monday which shared a photo of the document with Reuters the warrant accuses Gonzalez of conspiracy and other crimes Maduro spoke on state television after news of the warrant broke calling Gonzalez a quote cowardly man an arrest warrant against Gonzalez would amount to a major escalation in maduro's government's Crackdown against the opposition following the disputed July 28th election which has included detentions of opposition figures and protesters Venezuela National electoral Authority and its top Court have said Maduro won with just over half of the votes but tally shared by the opposition show a resounding victory for Gonzalez the opposition along with some Western countries and international bodies like United Nations panel of experts have said the vote was not transparent and demanded publication of full tallies with some outright decrying fraud a Gonzalez spokesperson said they were awaiting any notification of a warrant but made no further comment the opposition has denied any wrongdoing the warrant request came hours after the Biden Administration said an aircraft used by Maduro had been confiscated in the Dominican Republic Washington determined that its purchase violated us sanctions while the Venezuelan government slammed the move as an act of piracy this cowardly man gives orders to hire Commandos endorses the violence we are suffering and endorses the power cuts from last Friday this cowardly man Gonzalez urua has the nerve to say he doesn't recognize anything that is why the majority of the people who live in Venezuela agreed that laws should work that there must be order the Constitution should be respected and public government institutions should do their work [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm [Music] spee [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] spe this cowardly man gives orders to hire Commandos he endorses the violence we are suffering and endorses the power cuts from last Friday this cowardly man Gonzalez urua has the nerve to say he doesn't recognize anything that is why the majority of the people who live in Venezuela agreed that laws should work that there must be order the Constitution should be respected and public government institutions should do their work