Spanish State observers endorse Venezuelan electoral process

A diverse, qualified and plural group, made up of fifty observers from the Spanish State, participated in the International Accompaniment Plan of the National Electoral Council, and provided their testimony on the legality, transparency and integrity of the elections of July 28, which resulted in the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

Among the signatories of the statement, there is the presence of national and regional deputies of the Communist Party of Spain; Izquierda Unida (in Sumar); of EH Bildu; of Podemos and of the Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG); leaders of political forces, academics and professors of constitutional law, intellectuals, journalists, leaders of social movements, youth, women and labor movements, who also denounced the violent acts, the expressions of hatred and the undue interventionist campaign that is being carried out against Venezuela, after the defeated far right refused to recognize the election results.

In the text, they call on the governments of the world to respect democratic institutions in Venezuela, sovereignty, stability and peace.

The full text of the statement is below:

SPANISH STATE OBSERVERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF VENEZUELA

To the national and international public opinion: We, who act as international observers from the Spanish State in the Venezuelan presidential elections of July 28, 2024, duly accredited by the National Electoral Council, the governing body of the Electoral Power, in the face of the campaign of interference and undue external pressure on the Venezuelan electoral process, the violent acts and the manifestations of hatred unleashed on social networks, believe it necessary to declare:

• We ratify the statement in support of the legitimacy, transparency and integrity of the Venezuelan electoral process organized by the National Electoral Council that resulted in the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro.

• We reject the acts of violence provoked after the election results were not recognized, including the attacks on supporters of the Bolivarian Government in Venezuela and abroad, as well as the assault and destruction of the headquarters and other facilities of Venezuelan public bodies, as well as those belonging to various popular organizations.

• We value President Nicolás Maduro’s initiative to file an electoral appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice to firmly determine the events that occurred and issue a final judgment on the result, thus appealing to the constitutional, democratic and sovereign way of resolving the controversy.

• We repudiate the statement calling for a military coup signed by the losing candidate and the self-proclamation as president-elect of the signatory of said statement, former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.

• We value the call by the Supreme Court of Justice to the candidates and the National Electoral Council to present the evidence of the electoral contentious appeal.

• We call on the governments of the world to respect the democratic institutions of the State of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its sovereignty.

August 9, 2024

Signatures:

Enrique Santiago Romero, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). Member of Parliament for SUMAR in CongressMarije Fullaondo, Member of Parliament for EH Bildu in CongressEngracia Rivera, Member of Parliament for Sumar (IU-PCE) in CongressNoemí Santana, Member of Parliament for Podemos in CongressMartina Velarde, Member of Parliament for Podemos in CongressMaría Montserrat Prado Cores, Vice-President of the Galician Parliament / Member of Parliament for the Galician Nationalist BlocDiana Urrea, Member of Parliament in the Basque Parliament and responsible for Latin America for EH BilduJuan Carlos Monedero, Professor of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)Rubén Cela, Head of International Affairs for the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)Fran Pérez, Head of International Relations for the United Left (IU)Javier Couso Permuy, audiovisual worker. Member of the European Parliament (2014/2019)Marta Martín Morán, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean for the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the United Left (IU)Francisco Palacios Romeo, Professor of Constitutional LawCarmen Parejo Rendón, Writer and Director of La Comuna MagazineXosé Luis Ribera, Director of International Affairs for the Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIGA)Aníbal Garzón, Sociologist, communicator and international analystAlbert Noguera, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of ValenciaAngie Rodrigues, International Head of the Union of Young Communists of SpainCristina Simo, President of the Democratic Women’s Movement in SpainIsabel Burbano Sánchez. Political Secretary of PCE-EPK NavarraTxema Sánchez, Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, Director of antiimperialistas.comRené Otaduy Paz, Castilian LeftVanessa Pérez Gordillo, Writer and communicator for VocesenluchaOrencio Osuna, Secretary of the Republic and Democracy InstituteMaría Teresa Pérez, Spokesperson for PodemosPau Vivas, Secretary of Participation for PodemosRaúl García Sánchez, writer and communicator for VocesenluchaDavid Romero Feito, Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian RevolutionDiego Millán, Union of Young Communists of Spain (UJCE)Jon Hernández. SG of the PCE-EPK and Basque parliamentarian of SumarArnau Piqué, Secretary of International Relations of Comunistes de CatalunyaAna Mosquera, President of the Galician-Bolivarian Association “Hugo Chávez Frías” (AGABO)Claudia Calvo, Defensem CubaZoilo Llorente López, Writer and communicator of VocesenluchaZuriñe Rodríguez, JournalistJon Metauten, internationalist activist⁠Jorge Freytter, Jorge Adolfo Freytter Romero AssociationJule Goikoetxea, philosopher – Professor at the University of the Basque CountryIñaki Gil de San Vicente, Marxist intellectual and writerAlba Blanco, Head of International Relations of Esquerra Unida i Alternativa, CatalunyaEdgar Salvador, internationalist activistAitor Sanz Mendiburu, Elkartasun Keinua AssociationEneko Conpains, Constitutionalist and professor at the University of the Basque CountryIsabel Chacón, National Secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)Hug Luchetti, National Secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)Ílvia Pagès, Ítaca, Internationalist Organization of the Catalan Countries