The Alliance for Development in Democracy insisted that “there is evidence” that the Venezuelan electorate “voted peacefully and massively in favor of Edmundo González Urrutia”
The international reactions to the swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro held on Friday, January 10 in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace do not cease. The Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD), made up of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and the Dominican Republic, rejected the new presidential investiture, considering it illegitimate and the product of “an electoral fraud imposed through State terror against the Venezuelan people.” .
Through a joint statement published this Saturday, January 11, the ADD insisted that “there is evidence” that the Venezuelan electorate “voted peacefully and massively in favor of Edmundo González Urrutia”, the candidate of the opposition majority who faced Maduro in the presidential elections on July 28, and is considered by several countries as the legitimate winner.
Joint statement from the Alliance for Development in Democracy on the events of January 10 in Venezuela pic.twitter.com/2zhkucHOxy
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The Alliance recalled that “the opposition, led by González and María Corina Machado, released more than 80% of the minutes – obtained on the same day of the vote – that certify the victory of González Urrutia”, although these are not accepted as valid by Chavismo.
“These minutes were verified as authentic and original by the Carter Center, the only impartial international observer that could be present during said elections,” the four countries noted about the organization based in Atlanta (United States), which deployed an observation mission together to other organizations such as the United Nations.
In that sense, the Alliance indicated that it will continue “working together with the international community for a democratic transition in Venezuela that puts an end to this regrettable period of oppression and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
With information from EFE
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