SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The governments of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia published a joint statement on Thursday in which they demanded that the National Electoral Council (CNE) present the results of the presidential elections broken down.
The representatives of the three governments allied to Maduro, “taking note of the process initiated before the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ) regarding the electoral process,” “reaffirm the convenience of allowing impartial verification of the results, respecting the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty.”
In their request, they specified that the results must contain a breakdown of each table and must be published by the CNE and not by another entity.
“The CNE is the body that is legally responsible for the transparent dissemination of election results,” they said in the statement.
The governments of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) have tried to act as mediators in the conflict that broke out between the Maduro regime and the opposition following the elections.
In light of this, and taking into account the links with Chavismo, the letter requests that political parties and social organizations “exercise the utmost caution and moderation in their demonstrations at public events.”
They also urged Venezuelan security forces to allow social protests to take place freely as long as no crimes are committed.
According to the Chavista regime, Maduro obtained 51.95% of the votes in the elections on Sunday, July 28, while Edmundo García only obtained 43.18%.
The opposition, which has managed to gather 81% of the voting records, currently public in a web page for review by citizens and independent bodies, states that García far surpassed Maduro by almost 40% of the votes. This result has been recognized by countries such as Argentina, the United States and Peru, among others.
Later, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, the Chavista militant Elvis Amorosodelivered the vote counting records to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), another entity controlled by Nicolás Maduro, according to reported the EFE news agency.
In a ceremony broadcast by the state-run channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), the president of the TSJ, Caryslia Rodríguez – another figure close to Maduro – stated: “It is noted that all the documents requested by the National Electoral Council have been received, thus complying with the court order.”
Rodriguez said that the country’s highest court will begin the “process of appraisal of the consigned material” within a period of up to 15 days, which may be extended.
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