The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvareferred this Monday, August 5, 2024 to the political crisis in Venezuela after the elections in which the president triumphed Nicolas Maduro Moros. He did so in a joint statement he made with his counterpart from Chile, Gabriel Boric Fontwhom he officially visits.
He emphasized that respect for popular sovereignty moves him to defend the “transparency” of the electoral results in Venezuela and these statements were picked up by international media.
He National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela He attributed the victory to the current president, Nicolas Maduro (51.95%), compared to the former opposition diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (43.18%), but more than a week later, the minutes proving the victory have still not been published.
The opposition and part of the international community suspect that the Chavista government committed fraud and there are already countries like USA, Argentina, Uruguay o Peru who have recognized Gonzalez Urrutia as a winner.
Boricwho was the first international leader to demand transparency and who insists that he will not validate any result that is not verified by “independent international organizations,” avoided referring to the Venezuelan crisis during his public statement and indicated that he will make a statement “tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon.”
Chile It is one of the seven Latin American countries that had to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Venezuela after the order of Maduro in rejection of his “interventionist” statements regarding the presidential elections.
Commitment to peace
Lula da Silva He assured that “the commitment to peace” is the reason that has led him, along with his peers Colombia y Mexico“to promote dialogue and understanding” in Venezuela following the controversial presidential elections a week ago.
This is the first public statement of Lula da Silva on Venezuela after the Governments of Brazil, Mexico y Colombia They stepped up their diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis and asked the Venezuelan electoral authorities in a statement last Thursday to “expeditiously” publish the data “broken down by voting table.”
“Disputes over the electoral process must be settled through institutional channels. The fundamental principle of popular sovereignty must be respected through impartial verification of the results,” they said. Brazil, Mexico y Colombiathree countries led by progressive leaders.
On Friday, the CNE offered a second and final balance in which he confirmed the triumph of Maduro with 51.95% of the votes, while the former opposition diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia obtained 43.18% of the votes, but still did not publish the minutes proving the results.
The opposition and part of the international community suspect that the Chavista government committed fraud and there are already countries like USA, Argentina, Uruguay o Peru who have recognized Gonzalez Urrutia The European Union raised the tone on Sunday, saying in a statement sent by the European Council that, “without supporting evidence,” the published results “cannot be recognized,” although it did not proclaim the victory of the former opposition diplomat.
Along the same lines is Boricthe first international leader to demand transparency in the publication of the results and who avoided referring to the Venezuelan crisis during his public statement with Lula da Silva in The Coin. After the proclamation of Maduroprotests broke out on Monday in Caracas and other cities, with 11 civilians dead, according to human rights NGOs, and more than 2,000 detained. EFE
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