The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has condemned the United States of America accusing it of attempting an imperialist coup in Venezuela.
"The self declaration of Juan Guaido, as the acting president of Venezuela and immediate recognition of him by US and other regional states, clearly shows the grand design going on against the legitimately elected President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro and Venezuelan People," the party has said issuing a strongly-worded press statement signed by Chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday.
"It is an unacceptable intrusion in internal affairs and an attempt of imperialist coup," the party has opined in the statement issued in defense of the autocratic communist regime of Maduro.
Guaido on Wednesday declared himself interim president claiming that the constitution gives him, as president of the congress, the authority to take over as interim president and form a transitional government until he calls new elections. The US and 16 nations of the Organization of American States immediately recognized Guaido as interim president.
CPN has also accused the US of trying to create chaos and violence in Venezuela by putting inhuman economic sanctions and threatening military intervention. "It's a serious challenge to the UN Charter and Principle of peaceful co-existence. Therefore, we call the US and other countries to respect the principle of noninterference, national sovereignty and peaceful co-existence."
CPN has appealed to the international community including the UN to stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela in their struggle to defend the national and people's sovereignty.
