Buenos Aires, Aug 16 (EFE).- The Argentine government positioned itself this Friday against the holding of new elections as a way out of the political crisis in Venezuela After the elections of July 28, which according to official results declared the winner to Nicolas Maduro and in which, according to Argentina, there was fraud.
“It is clear that we consider, I have already said it here, we consider who was the winner of the elections and we have a clear position regarding that and we do not see that there is a reason for there to be elections again in Venezuela.”said today the spokesman for the Argentine Presidency, Manuel Adorni, in his usual press conference at the Casa Rosada (seat of the Executive).
Argentina was one of the first to call the results of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) that gave Maduro the victory a “fraud” and a “scam,” and last week officially recognized the opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, as the “undisputed winner” of the elections.
The Argentine government’s position regarding new elections comes shortly after the Brazilian president, Lula da Silvasuggested on Thursday two possible solutions to the post-election crisis in Venezuela: lthe formation of a coalition government that includes members of Chavismo and the opposition or the holding of new elections.
That last proposal was rejected by the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Maria Corina Machadoas well as by the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said that he does not think it is “prudent” to call for new elections now.
Meanwhile, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, suggested for Venezuela a “national front” like the one that existed in Colombia in the 20th century, in which liberals and conservatives took turns in power as a “transitory” step towards a “definitive solution” to the crisis, in an idea similar to that suggested by Lula regarding a coalition government.
For his part, a White House spokesman said yesterday that Washington believes that the winner of the elections was the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, according to the minutes obtained by the majority opposition bloc, and again called for respect for the “will” of the Venezuelan people so that there is a “transition back to democratic norms.”
After the elections in Venezuela, The governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have begun talks to find a solution to the crisis, a mediation effort that has the support of, among others, the United States. EFE
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