CARACAS.- The opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He thanked the governments of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal for joining the Venezuelan opposition’s demand that the National Electoral Council (CNE), aligned with the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro, publish the voting records of the presidential elections of July 28.
The leader referred to the joint statement issued by the European countries in which they expressed their “strong concern” due to the crisis generated in Venezuela after the electoral body awarded the victory to Nicolás Maduro with 52% of the votes, without him having presented any justification for the claims so far. results.
The CNE, which is close to Chavez, said that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, president-elect according to data provided by the opposition, obtained 43% of the votes.
The opposition published on a website the minutes that would give Edmundo González Urrutia the victory with 67%. The Maduro regime dismisses the validity of the documents and accused its adversaries of attacking the electoral system.
“On behalf of the Venezuelans, I appreciate this important joint statement from the governments of Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland and Portugal, reaffirming “his commitment to democracy in Venezuela,” expressed María Corina Machado through the social network X this Sunday, August 4.
“The data that we have presented to Venezuelans and the world, with the minutes of our witnesses in more than 80% of the tables and available in https://resultadosconvzla.comthey leave no room for doubt. Edmundo González Urrutia is the president-elect of Venezuela,” said María Corina Machado.
“We support the demand that the reports we have submitted be verified as soon as possible, at an international and independent level,” she said.
Cease the repression
On the other hand, Maria Corina Machado He also thanked the call of these seven European countries to stop the persecution and repression that “in recent hours has been cruelly deployed against innocents “They are only demanding that the popular sovereignty they exercised last Sunday be respected,”
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 2,000, according to Maduro himself, have been arrested amid protests that broke out on Monday, July 29, in rejection of the proclamation of the head of the regime.
With information from AFP
Source: AFP
