The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvasaid this Friday that Venezuela “He lives in a very unpleasant regime, with an authoritarian tendency,” although he stopped short of considering it a “dictatorship,” and again demanded that the minutes of the electoral process be published.
“The opposition says it won, (President Nicolás) Maduro says he won and I can only recognize that the process was democratic if they present the evidence”Lula said in an interview with the radio station Radio Gaucha.
The Brazilian president commented on the contrary reaction of Maduro and the opposition to the suggestion he made on Thursday to hold new elections if a result is not recognized.
“They did not like the idea,” Lula admitted, who stressed once again that the solution to the political conflict unleashed after the elections of July 28 “depends solely and exclusively on the behavior of Venezuelans.”
In the case of the position of the Brazilian Government, he reiterated that in order to recognize an election result it is necessary to “know if the numbers are true” that the National Electoral Council (CNE)which claimed victory for Maduro, and the opposition, which denounced fraud and claimed the victory.
To this end, Lula insisted on the dissemination of the results table by table, which the National Electoral Council has not yet published. “Where are these minutes?” he reiterated.
The Brazilian president also considered that the current conflict will not lead to a “civil war”, as has been warned in various political circles both inside and outside Venezuela.
“I think there are many countries willing to help us live in peace in South America,” said Lula, who is trying to carry out a kind of mediation together with the presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petroy Mexico, Manuel Andres Lopez Obradoralthough the latter has distanced itself from that process in recent days. EFE
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