Mexico, Brazil and Colombia urge Venezuela to present the minutes broken down by voting table

Mexico City. Through their foreign ministers, the governments of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called on the electoral authorities of Venezuela to present the results of the presidential elections of July 28, broken down by voting table.

Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena and her counterparts Mauro Vieira (Brazil) and Luis Gilberto Murillo (Colombia) held a virtual meeting last Wednesday, in which they decided to make a direct call to the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, which gave victory at the polls to Nicolás Maduro, the current president of that country.

Taking note of the process initiated before the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ) regarding the electoral processthe three Latin American countries They start from the premise that the CNE is the body that is legally responsible for the transparent dissemination of election results.stated the joint statement, released yesterday in Mexico by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This is the second meeting of the three foreign ministers that has been made public to discuss the situation in Venezuela. The first was on August 1, after the elections.

The foreign ministers also reaffirmed the convenience of allow impartial verification of the resultswith respect to the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty.

They also called on political and social actors in Venezuela “to exercise maximum caution and moderation in demonstrations and public events and on the country’s security forces to guarantee the full exercise of this democratic right within the limits of the law.”

Respect for human rights must prevail in all circumstancesthe diplomats said.

They also said they respected the sovereignty and will of the Venezuelan people, but announced that they will continue with high-level talks as a follow-up, although they stated His conviction and confidence that solutions to the current situation must come from Venezuela.