The UN Panel of Electoral Experts arrived in early July in the country invited by the CNE to monitor the presidential elections. The provisional document is expected to be published on the website. The final report will not be public, but reserved for the Secretary General.
The United Nations Panel of Electoral Experts sent to Venezuela presented a provisional report on the process to the heads of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and is preparing its final version, which is not public, for the UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
At his daily press briefing, Guterres’ spokesman Farhan Haq said the panel concluded its work in Venezuela on August 2 and had already “delivered an interim report to the secretary-general” that was “recently shared with the members of the CNE board.” This first report is expected to be published on its website.
“The panel continues to monitor the technical aspects of the remaining phases of the electoral process (in Venezuela), according to its terms of reference, and will provide a final report to the secretary general,” he added.
The panel of four experts arrived in Venezuela in early July, invited by the CNE to monitor the presidential elections of July 28, and is tasked with preparing an independent report whose conclusions are not public, but reserved for the secretary general.
The results announced by the CNE in the early hours of July 29, declaring Nicolás Maduro the winner, unleashed a wave of protests all over the country for “fraud.” According to Venezuelan authorities, 25 people have died and more than 2,000 people have been arrested.
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On the opposition side, presidential candidate Edmundo González and opposition leader María Corina Machado have requested the publication of the voting records to compare the results with their own, an issue that other candidates and part of the international community have also insisted on.
Independent organizations such as the Carter Centerwho said that these elections were not democratic, also joined the request.
The ruling party alleges a “cyber hack” against the CNE’s totaling system to prevent the complete results from being shown. Maduro went to the Supreme Court of Justice for an “expertise” of the electoral body’s announcement, a figure that is not contemplated in its functions.
With information from EFE agency
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