BRUSSELS.- The head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, asked Venezuela on Monday to guarantee “total transparency” in the counting of votes after the elections in which dictator Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner.
“The people of Venezuela voted peacefully and en masse on the future of their country. Their will must be respected. It is vital to ensure the full transparency of the electoral process, including detailed counting of votes and access to voting records at polling stations,” Borrell said in a post on the X network.
This call is just one of many statements from international political figures who have cast doubt on whether the dictator won the elections with 51.2% of the votes, according to the National Electoral Council, which is close to the regime.
The CNE, servant of the dictatorship, proclaimed the president for a third consecutive six-year term with 5.15 million votes (51.2%), after counting 80% of the votes. González Urrutia received 4.45 million votes (44.2%), according to this first bulletin.
The announcement of his re-election was immediately questioned by the United States, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina and Uruguay, as well as by other international figures such as Elon Musk.
