Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, recognized by multiple countries as the winner of the country's presidential elections, has not obeyed a summons from the Supreme Court in connection with the disputed results.
Election authorities declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the July 28 vote without releasing detailed results, sparking widespread protests last week.
Many countries, including the United States and several Latin American countries, recognized González Urrutia as the winner and called on Venezuela to release the election data.
Maduro, who has called for Gonzalez Urrutia and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to be jailed, took the dispute to the Supreme Court to have his victory "confirmed".
Electoral authorities said they had handed over the vote data to the court - both institutions loyal to Maduro's government.
74-year-old González Urrutia doubts how impartial the procedure will be, AFP reported.
"I will put at risk not only my freedom, but also, more importantly: the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28," he wrote on social networks.
In his words, Maduro stated that "if I don't show up, I will bear legal responsibility, and if I show up and submit copies (of the voting protocols), there will be serious criminal liability." | BGNES
