Throughout the night of this Sunday it has been confirmed that Nicols Maduro’s surprising victory in the Venezuelan presidential elections. In the days and weeks leading up to the election, all polls had predicted that the winner of the election would be the leader of the opposition and the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo González Urrutia. The surprise came when, a few hours ago, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, announced the victory of Nicolás Maduro.
Apparently, The Chavista leader would have obtained 51% of the votesthis being a total of 5.1 million, with 80% counted, while Gonzalez Urrutia would have obtained 44%These election results have drawn the attention of leaders and political figures around the world. The presidents of Chile (Gabriel Boric), Peru (Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea) and Costa Rica (Rodrigo Chaves) have wanted to highlight the strangeness of the election results and denounce them as fraudulent.calling for transparency and international verification.
The Government does not recognize the results, for the moment
They have also spoken out in other countries, such as Argentina and the United States. Spain was quick to follow suit.and after opposition politicians have expressed their discontent on various social networks, it has now been the Government that has made an official statement.
He Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, He spoke live on the program Hoy por Hoy, on Cadena SER. In this program he stated that the Executive They want complete transparency and that, therefore, They are asking for the publication of the minutes table by table.
He said that although Venezuelans participated in the elections democratically and in large numbers, it is crucial to ensure the complete transparency of the electoral process. He also said that today they expect to receive clearer and more democratic information.
Albares has confirmed that Spain is in communication with neighbouring countries in the region to ensure the verification of electoral data in Venezuela. He stressed that Spain seeks to maintain the calm and democratic spirit that prevailed during the vote, working with other countries to achieve this and ensuring that this approach guides its actions.
Albares, on the PP’s trip to Venezuela
The minister also wanted to speak out regarding the Controversial trip of a delegation of ten members of the PP to Venezuela. They traveled at the invitation of the opposition, but as they did not have the official status of electoral observers, they were not allowed to enter the South American country and They were returned to Spain on Saturday morning.
This has generated a multitude of reactions from the opposition, which criticized the actions of the Maduro government and also that of Sánchez for sharing their Chavista discourse. The Executive stated that The PP was already aware that Venezuela had denied its request and that they were not allowed to enter, but that they traveled anyway in a ridiculous performance to get an absurd photo at the Caracas airport.
Well, Minister Albares has followed the same line. This is yet another lie from the PP. We processed the request and Venezuela denied it. The PP asked for another request. They knew perfectly well that they would be sent back. I have seen statements made by these deputies that are false.
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