The two government partners, the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (m5S), and the anti-migrant
Eurskeptic League party, were split Thursday over whether
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidò should be recognised as
new president replacing Nicolas Maduro.
Foreign Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano said Thursday that
Italy did not recognise Juan Guaidò as interim president of
Venezuela in his clash with President Maduro.
"Italy does not recognise Guaidò because we are totally
against the fact that a country or a group of third countries
can determine the internal politics of another country," he
said.
"It is called principle of non-interference and is recognised
by the United States".
Di Stefano was commenting on the European Parliament's
recognition of Guaidò as legitimate interim president of
Venezuela.
But Foreign Undersecretary of the League party Guglielmo
Picchi said that Maduro's time as Venezuelan President was, in
the view of the Italian rightwing populist party, over.
Picchi tweeted: "Maduro? let him call new elections
authorising independent observers sending OSCE and operating out
of theatre.
"The League considers the Maduro presidency terminated".
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