The government of Uruguay recognized this Friday Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner in the presidential elections of Venezuela in which the National Electoral Council that country declared the official Nicolás Maduro the winner in a widely questioned process.
«Based on the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to Uruguay that Edmundo González Urrutia obtained the majority of votes in the Venezuelan presidential elections»wrote the Uruguayan foreign minister, Omar Paganinion his social network account X.
The representative of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry insisted that he hopes that the will of the Venezuelan people “will be respected.”
“Truth is the path to peace,” the message concludes.
Uruguay is one of the seven countries to which the Government of Nicolas Maduro expelled from Venezuela after refusing to recognise the election results and calling for a vote verification process.
In this regard, the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pousaid on Wednesday that if the electoral records of the elections of last Sunday, July 28 in Venezuela are not made public “it is because there is something strange” and reiterated that in the Caribbean country there is “a dictatorship.”
“If you don’t show the documents, it’s obvious that there is something fishy going on. But, furthermore, we are not talking about someone who has a democratic background. I have said that Venezuela is a dictatorship and I stand by it.”the president said at a press conference.
Lacalle Pou also pointed out that what is happening is “indefensible” and said that it is incredible “how power can blind someone so much,” while emphasizing the people who left Venezuela and “are not having a good time.”
He National Electoral Council On Monday, the president officially proclaimed Maduro, after announcing on Sunday night that the Chavista, in power since 2013, won the elections with 51.2% of the votes, the same result that he gave when 80% of the ballots had been counted and there were still more than two million votes left to count. EFE (I)
#Uruguays #foreign #minister #Edmundo #González #won
