The political crisis in Venezuela deepens

Caracas. The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela yesterday asked the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hand over the minutes of the vote count from the elections of July 28, in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected, amid allegations of fraud by the opposition.

Hours earlier, the electoral authority ratified Maduro as Venezuela’s re-elected president with 51.95 percent of the votes, compared to 43.18 percent for the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, after 96.87 percent of the votes had been counted.

After the ratification, Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, in conversation with the opposition María Corina Machado – who declared herself in hiding because she felt threatened – and her candidate Edmundo González, expressed to them their concern for their safety and well-being following the electionswhile condemned all political violence and repressiona State Department statement said.

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Yesterday, Costa Rica and Ecuador joined in recognizing Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela, along with Peru and the United States; while Nicaragua ratified its recognition of Maduro’s victory.

Argentina, Chile, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay continue to refuse to accept Maduro’s electoral victory, while Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and the European Union have called for transparency in the results.

Yesterday, the Electoral Chamber of the ruling TSJ requested the CNE for the minutes of the scrutiny of the electoral tables at the national level and the final totalization actas well as those awarding the victory to Maduro and the proclamation, according to a statement released by the country’s highest court.

The above, in response to an appeal filed by Maduro for the court certify the results, which the opposition rejects as it considers that it is not within its competence.

Let Gonzalez show his face

In this context, Maduro urged the opposition leader González to give face before the TSJ, after his absence from the hearing called by the body, within the investigation into the election results, to which the 10 presidential candidates were summoned.

In his speech, Maduro pointed out that yesterday morning he was informed of that the attendance of the 10 candidates was confirmedand that he later received a call in which he was told that There was no consensus in the Democratic Unitary Platform to attend to the appointment.

Earlier, the president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, ratified Maduro as the elected president of Venezuela: Candidate Nicolás Maduro Moros, United Socialist Party of Venezuela, votes 6 million 408 thousand 844, with 51.95 percent; Edmundo González, MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable), votes 5 million 326 thousand 104, with a percentage of 43.18 percentthe bulletin, read by Amoroso, said. The other candidates obtained 4.86 percent of the votes.

According to the CNE, the elections had a participation of 12 million 386 thousand 669 voters, equivalent to 59.97 percent of those eligible. Likewise, it counted 12 million 335 thousand 884 valid votes in the elections of July 28.

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Amoroso denounced that the organization received cyber attacks massive from various parts of the world, which allegedly caused a delay in the transmission of the minutes and the process of disclosing the election results on voting day.

On Sunday, the opposition Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) rejected the results and announced as President elect González, arguing that his candidate won with 70 percent, according to 80 percent of the minutes received directly from the voting centers throughout Venezuela, which were published on a website private.

In this regard, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, exposed the falsity of the minutes published by González and Machado, used to denounce the alleged electoral fraud and generate destabilization.

In a press conference before national and foreign media, the legislator recalled that none of González’s spokesmen agreed to sign the agreement of the candidates proposed by the CNE and did not recognize the only entity destined to determine who won the votes.

Rodríguez showed the audiovisual in which the opposition spokesman Biaggio Pilieri of shameless manner and violating the law He said that the PUD will cry fraud, will not recognize the CNE result, but its own minutes.

Called garbage dump that we found of the supposed minutes which they presented.

He revealed that González on the night of July 29, after the elections, made available to Venezuelans a web page where they were going to place their votes. supposedly some minutes with the election results.

The domain was rented for a year one day before the elections. www.resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com.

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The website was pointed out as evidence that they decided “not to abide by the CNE result, and that they staged a pantomime with a kind of parallel electoral council. They were never willing to accept the legal decision of the electoral referee.he said, adding that the portal was purchased in the United Kingdom and is hosted on an Amazon server, so Jeff Bezos is also in on the coup game against Venezuela.

The legislator assured that, after a rigorous investigation with national and foreign experts, they were able to determine irregularities in 9,468 minutes without signatures from machine operators, or from members of tables and witnesses, which he showed to journalists. He added that there are thousands of false, invented papers, in which –even– zero minutes were presented as scrutiny.

Maduro also warned about an alleged plan of attack that is being sought to be carried out today in the Bello Monte area, in the east of Caracas, promoted by the so-called limited led by Machado.

He said that the group plans attacks with grenades and other weapons, and has alerted intelligence, security and police forces to protect Caracas and the areas under threat.

Maduro issued the warning after the opposition called on its supporters to gather today in the town of Las Mercedes, in eastern Caracas.

The opposition event will coincide with a march called by the ruling party, also in Caracas.

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Argentina, Chile, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay refused to recognize Maduro’s re-election, prompting Caracas to immediately withdraw its diplomatic personnel from those nations.

On Tuesday, the Peruvian government recognized Gonzalez as President elect of Venezuela, and Caracas broke off diplomatic relations with Lima.

On Thursday, Gonzalez was recognized by the United States as the winner of the elections through its Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who said that given the abundant evidenceera It is clear to the United States and, more importantly, to the Venezuelan people, that Edmundo González obtained the majority of votes in the presidential elections..

Yesterday, Costa Rica and Ecuador joined in recognizing González as president-elect of Venezuela, while Nicaragua once again recognized Maduro’s victory.

Other countries, such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and the European Union, called for transparency in the results.

Coup attempt announced

The Venezuelan government condemned Washington’s stance and considered graves y ridiculous Blinken’s statements, which he accused of wanting to assume the role of electoral power.

Foreign Minister Yvan Gil denounced the US government for being on the lookout coup front and to promote a violent agenda against the Venezuelans.

Meanwhile, Machado’s offices in Caracas – who could not be a candidate because she was disqualified from holding public office and instead supported González Urrutia – were raided in the early hours of yesterday by hooded men who caused damage and stole documents and equipment, according to the police report filed.