The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurosaid this Sunday that the European Union (UE) and the High Representative of the UE for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrellare a “shame,” after the community bloc expressed that it “follows with concern the events” in the Caribbean nation.
“The European Union brings out its rant, the same European Union that recognized (Juan) Guaidoa shame European UnionMr. Borrell is a disgrace, he is a disgrace that led to Ukraine to a war and now he washes his hands,” said the president at an event with the Bolivarian National Guard (GNBMilitarized police).
Maduro criticized that the UE asked the Venezuelan authorities to respect the demonstrations that have taken place since Monday in rejection of the official results published by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which proclaimed the president the winner.
“Now he says that in Venezuela There is repression of peaceful demonstrations, says the gentleman Borrell Peaceful? When they attack the population, hospitals, CDI (Comprehensive Diagnostic Centers), schools, bus stations, subway stations?” he questioned.
The European Union (UE) reiterated this Sunday that it “follows with concern the events in Venezuela“and called for “greater independent verification of electoral records” following the vote on July 28, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared the current president of the Caribbean country the winner, Nicolas Maduro.
“The reports of international electoral observation missions clearly state that the presidential elections of July 28 did not meet international standards of electoral integrity,” the statement said. UE it’s a statement.
The European body urged the body in charge of the Venezuelan elections to publish the official minutes of the electoral tables, since “without evidence to support them, the results published on August 2 by the CNE cannot be recognized.”
Joint declaration
This communication joins what was stated on Saturday by Spain, Italia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland y Portugalwho signed a joint declaration in which they call on “the Venezuelan authorities to publish all voting records without delay in order to guarantee the full transparency and integrity of the electoral process.”
Likewise, the UE asked the Venezuelan authorities to respect the protests that have taken place since Monday in different cities of the country, which have left, according to the Executive, a balance of more than 2,000 people detained and two soldiers dead, while the NGO Criminal Court reports 11 civilian deaths since the protests began.
“Venezuelan authorities, including security forces, must fully respect human rights, including freedom of expression and assembly. European Union is seriously concerned by the increasing number of arbitrary arrests and the continued harassment of the opposition,” the statement continued.
CNE ratified Maduro’s reelection
On Friday, the CNE He offered a second and final assessment, so far, in which he confirmed the victory and re-election of Maduro with 51.95% of the votes, while -he assured- Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia obtained 43.18% of the votes, with 96.87% of the votes counted, which have not yet been published.
Meanwhile, the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He insisted this Sunday that the minutes of the voting witnesses in “more than 80% of the tables and available in resultadosconvzla.comleave no room for doubt. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia He is the president-elect of Venezuela”.
Edmundo González Urrutia thanks the EU
The presidential candidate of the largest opposition coalition in Venezuela, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiathanks to the European Union (UE) for his call for respect for the fundamental rights of citizens, following the protests against the official result of the elections that declared the president the winner Nicolas Maduro.
“We appreciate the call from the European Union to respect the fundamental rights of Venezuelans and their request for an independent verification of the results, based on the electoral voting records that we have presented and that prove our victory,” wrote the standard-bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) in X. EFE
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