Venezuelan National Assembly Member Francisco Sucre

FRANCISCO SUCRE: Yes. At this point, already more than 25 countries has recognized Mr. Guaido as the president of Venezuela, the interim president. We hope that the European Union who is going to do the same. Already, Germany, Spain, France, many countries of the European Union has said that Juan Guaido is the president. We have to remember the reading of this crisis. (INAUDIBLE) the election that we have last year, the presidential election, we had a fraudulent presidential election. And out of that, Mr. Maduro wants to be in power for six more years. When we had this legal election, the European Union, all the Latin American countries, the U.S., Canada, all the — all of the democratic world said that that election was a fraudulent election. So, at this point, we are conducting a very fierce struggle for recovering democracy, the constitutional law, the constitutional rule in Venezuela.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Let me just ask you this then, because the constitutional point that you’re following by taking this move says that now, the interim president, Juan Guaido, has to call new elections within 30 days of making that move. Is that even possible? Will you be able to actually abide by that part of the constitutional provision?

SUCRE: No, no. That seat, at this point, is not possible in Venezuela. They Article 333 of National Constitution of Venezuela clearly says that we have to — every citizen of Venezuela with authority or not has the responsibility of, you know, work to restore the constitutional rule. At this point, we don’t have institutions in Venezuela that can go ahead without election. First, we have to choose a new electoral council. The one that we have right now is some electoral council that is full of political members of Maduro’s party. So, we have first to call elections, to have a very independent — as the constitution says, independent body that can conduct those elections.