After meeting with several border governors, Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo reiterated the need for independent oversight in Venezuela to guarantee transparency in the election results
Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo referred on Tuesday, August 6, to the request of Gustavo Petro’s government to allow “independent and hopefully international monitoring” of the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections.
“The president has suggested that there should be an independent and hopefully international monitoring committee. Colombia is sticking to its suggestion and sees that this diplomatic effort has led to countries like the US having expectations,” Murillo said after a meeting with border governors in La Guajira.
The CNE offered a second and final report in which it confirmed the victory of the ruler Nicolás Maduro with 51.95% of the votes, while Edmundo González Urrutia obtained 43.18% of the votes.
However, the electoral body has still not published the minutes proving the results, a request that has been reiterated by the opposition, two other presidential candidates and part of the international community.
The official reiterated President Petro’s call to “seek ways to reach an agreement” between Nicolás Maduro and the opposition, and stressed the call to all political factors and figures to remain cautious to avoid aggravating the situation.
He also said that in the coming days meetings could be held with the government of Nicolás Maduro and sectors of the opposition to “facilitate and support the Venezuelan people in their search for peace.”
Regarding the meeting with border governors to discuss the issue of migration and how it could be affected by the Venezuelan political crisis, Foreign Minister Murillo said that there has not been an increase in the flow of Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia in recent months.
“There has not been a high number of migrants leaving the country. Even the latest data from Migración Colombia show that the number of migrants passing through the Darién Gap has decreased. We hope that on the San Andrés side, where there had been a slight increase in traffic, the number will decrease. These concerns are unfounded,” Murillo said.
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