Yes to the request for free elections, but still no official recognition for President Juan Guaidò. The Italian government on Venezuela continues to waver and now the position, far from the clear one taken by the other western democracies, is official: it was expressed in a communication to the Chamber by Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi, exposing the internal division of the majority between the more anti-Maduro position of the League and the softer one of the 5 Star Movement. “The government is concerned about the humanitarian emergency and is working to provide non-conflict solutions – said Moavero -. The government considers unacceptable and strongly condemns all kinds of violence e speaks in favor of a peaceful solution. The government believes that the last presidential elections do not attribute democratic legitimacy to whoever emerged victorious, i.e. Nicolas Maduro".
In the operative part of the majority resolution on Venezuela presented to Parliament, the M5s and the League therefore commit the government "to support diplomatic efforts also through participation in multilateral forums, in order to proceed, as quickly as possible, with the convening of new presidential elections that are free, credible and in accordance with the constitutional order”. A compromise formula, which, however, unlike what has been done by other European countries – France in primis – does not come to recognize as legitimate the self-proclamation of the young president Guaidò, leader of the opposition supported also and above all by the USA.
After Moavero's speech, a debate was opened in the Chamber, in which the Venezuelan delegation is also participating, sent to Rome by the interim president Juan Guaidò. The crisis in Venezuela has now reached unbearable levels for the population, forced to flee to neighboring countries such as Colombia, Peru, but also Argentina and Mexico. Maduro for her part does not intend to give in and has also asked the intervention of Pope Francis to mediate and resolve a situation that is spilling over into civil war and international confrontation between superpowers, given that Russia, Iran, China and Turkey instead sympathize with the current regime.
