Venezuelan opposition candidate Gonzalez says he would free political prisoners, bring home exiles [Video]

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Wednesday he is committed to carrying out a transition that will allow exiled people to return to the country and political prisoners to be freed.

Gonzalez was named on Friday by the Unitary Platform opposition coalition as its candidate in the July 28 presidential election after primary winner Maria Corina Machado was banned from office and her alternate was unable to register.

The 74-year-old former diplomat will appear on the ballot in three opposition party slots, while President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power for more than a decade, will appear for 13 different parties.

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“We are committed to carrying out a transition where we guarantee the freedom of political prisoners, the return of those exiled and all Venezuelans who have left and wish to return,” Gonzalez said in a video …