"Venezuelans, military citizens, and police officers,

Venezuela and the entire world know that in the elections of July 28, our victory was overwhelming. From the humblest citizen, witnesses, polling station members, officers of the Armed Forces, police, to international organizations and governments, all are aware. With the results in hand, the planet has seen and recognized the triumph of democratic forces.

We have done our part. We carried out the most formidable civic mobilization to make the electoral victory indisputable. It is a triumph achieved with enormous energy and determination, and we have done it peacefully. We obtained 67% of the votes, while Nicolás Maduro secured 30%. This is the expression of the popular will. We won in every state in the country and almost all municipalities. This reality is witnessed by all citizens, including members of Plan República.

However, Maduro refuses to recognize that he was defeated by the entire country, and in response to legitimate protest, he has launched a brutal offensive against democratic leaders, witnesses, polling station members, and even against ordinary citizens, with the absurd aim of trying to hide the truth and at the same time attempting to corner the victors.

We appeal to the conscience of military personnel and police officers to stand by the people and their own families. With this massive violation of human rights, the high command aligns itself with Maduro and his vile interests. Meanwhile, you are represented by the people who came out to vote, by your fellow members of the National Armed Forces, by your families and friends, whose will was expressed on July 28 and which you are aware of.

We are aware that within all components of the National Armed Forces, there is a resolve not to repress the citizens who peacefully demand their rights and victory. Venezuelans are not enemies of the Armed Forces. With this resolve, we call on you to prevent the actions of groups organized by the Maduro leadership, a combination of military and police squads and armed groups outside the state, who beat, torture, and also kill under the protection of the malignant power they represent. You can and must stop these actions immediately. We urge you to prevent the regime's rampage against the people and to respect, and make others respect, the results of the July 28 elections. Maduro has carried out a coup that contradicts the entire constitutional order and seeks to make you his accomplices.

You know we have irrefutable evidence of victory. The Carter Center report is devastating regarding the electoral conditions and results, while Maduro tries to fabricate results when, moreover, the legal period for their publication has expired.

Members of the Armed Forces and police bodies, fulfill your institutional duties, do not repress the people, accompany them.

Likewise, we ask all Venezuelans who have mothers, fathers, children, siblings, or partners who are members of the National Armed Forces or police officers to demand that they do not repress, that they disobey illegal orders, and that they recognize the Popular Sovereignty, expressed in the votes on Sunday, July 28.

The new government of the Republic, democratically elected by the Venezuelan people, offers guarantees to those who fulfill their constitutional duty. At the same time, it emphasizes that there will be no impunity. This is a commitment we make to each Venezuelan.

We won this election without any dispute. It was an electoral avalanche, full of energy and with an admirable, peaceful, democratic, and irreversible citizen organization. Now it is up to all of us to respect the voice of the people. The immediate proclamation of Edmundo González Urrutia as the elected president of the Republic must proceed."