The Governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru y Uruguay This Monday they expressed their “serious concern” about the “persistent impediments” in the registration of presidential candidates from Venezuela before him National Electoral Council.
This is indicated in a statement that highlights that this situation and the previous disqualifications add “questions about the integrity and transparency of the electoral process in its entirety.”
«At this time, the majority parties of the Venezuelan opposition—MUD and UNT—have not been able to register their candidate, Corina Yoris, to represent them in the next presidential elections. This situation, together with the previous disqualifications that have been in the public domain, raises questions about the integrity and transparency of the electoral process in its entirety.underlines the text.
Likewise, he maintains that these restrictions “prevent progress towards elections that allow a democratization process to be carried out” in Venezuela.
In accordance with this, the Governments of those seven countries urged that the situation “be reconsidered” so that, at the end of the registration period, “citizens who meet the requirements enshrined in the Venezuelan Constitution can be duly registered, “so that the brother Venezuelan people can freely choose their next government.”
The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)the main opposition alliance in Venezuela, assured this Monday that it has exhausted all avenues to be able to register the candidacy of the historian Corina Yoris for the presidential elections on July 28, something that, according to it, has been prevented.
“We have exhausted all means at our disposal so that this can be resolved”Yoris, chosen as a presidential candidate by the PUD last Friday due to the disqualification that prevents the former deputy, said in a press conference. Maria Corina Machadowinner of last October’s primaries, compete for public office in these and other elections until 2036.
Within hours of the end of the process of presenting candidates for the presidential elections, which began last Thursday, Yoris denounced that her “rights as a Venezuelan citizen are being violated” by not being able to “access the system and register” her name.
«It is not only the rights of Corina Yoris that are being violated, but it is also the rights of the political parties to offer a candidacy that represents that unity and it is also denying the rights of Venezuelans to nominate and elect the candidate they want to elect. »said the university professor. EFE (I)
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