USA He said on Wednesday that the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela that gave victory to the president, Nicolas Maduroin Sunday’s elections are meaningless due to the “complete lack of transparency” in the process.
The State Department’s head of Latin America, Brian Nicholsechoed on social networks the statement published on Tuesday by Carter Centera US organization invited as an observer in Venezuela, which concluded that the elections did not have democratic guarantees.
«The Carter Center’s statement confirms once again what millions of Venezuelans already knew: the complete lack of transparency in the publication of the results makes the National Electoral Council’s announcement of July 29 meaningless.»he declared.
In the same message, Nichols claimed that “the will of Venezuelan voters must be respected.”
The CNE declared Maduro’s victory early Monday morning with 51% of the votes, but the main opposition bloc claims to have in its possession 85% of the votes cast in the elections, which would give its candidate a wide victory. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawho stood as a substitute for the opposition leader Maria Corina Machadodisqualified from competing.
The HIMthe European Union, USA, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Argentina y Spainamong others, have asked Venezuelan electoral authorities to publish the voting records to verify Maduro’s alleged victory.
Nichols on Tuesday rejected calls from some Chavista leaders who publicly called for the arrest of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado over protests that have swept the country since the election.
“Venezuelans have the constitutional right to express their opinions freely and without reprisals,” he said. EFE (I)
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