«This town no longer wants guarimbas, does not want more violence, does not want more conspiracy. So I think that being August 4 today it is very important to become aware that the peace we have is a conquest. You have to take care of it and you have to continue building it because the world is crazy, ”said the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro on Monday.
Such a statement was made by the Head of State during the Digital Zone segment, in his program number 87 of Maduro +, where he stressed that on July 28, 2024 the presidential election was held under threats by the extreme right. «They were going to leave Venezuela without electricity at noon on July 28 and on the night of July 28 they attacked all the country’s computer systems and destroyed the computer system of the National Electoral Council, among other things. They already know what we spent 29 and 30 and the control we did of these violent groups ».
“So that there were elections of the National Assembly and Governments on May 25, you do not know what we did, what we were happening, the attempts that had to destroy electrical systems, to attack key places of the country, even now to be in peace and calm the elections of July 27, the same, so we have given a great battle,” he revealed.
On the other hand, Maduro stressed that indigenous elections have been held with 92.97%participation. «Everything developed in complete peace. We have achieved elections without violence, without destabilization plans ».
Maduro detailed the multiple electoral events that have been held in Venezuela in recent years successfully, in front of blockages, invasion attempts and violence attacks. “These municipal elections gave us great responsibility for the present times and the construction of the new community state model.”
The dignitary said that with the elections of this July 27 the electoral cycle closes, as the Constitution sends, «in peace, with participation and with a resounding popular victory. In a year we made seven elections, all in democracy, all with clear results. Today we have a country standing, with all its renewed institutions and a collective work plan called 7T. It is the plan of the people, and also of the President Pueblo ».
Constitutional and democratic path
Maduro stressed that the alternative opposition is taking the constitutional and democratic path with own leadership, “he won 50 important mayors, also powerful in the country.”
“This is the number 33 and the 33 have won 31 elections,” he said.
In this regard, President Maduro extended an invitation to the country’s democratic opposition to participate in the construction of a political and social life in peace for all Venezuelans.
“We have the obligation to build a stable country, the opposition has its form of expression, its audience and its people,” he said, while specifying that, at times, the opposition’s agenda has been covered by extremist sectors, marking key moments in history.
He stressed that today democracy is not measured only in votes, but in shared action. «The old – bureaucratism, indolence, wait – no longer takes place. Governing with the people is not a slogan: it is the only possible way. And that democracy – as Chávez dreamed – is already being built: with young faces, with workers’ hands, with awake communities (…) each official we say: no more distances. No more excuses. No more unproductive verticalism. This town is ready to exercise power. The State must be up to technical efficiency and human sensitivity. With respect. Listening. Humbly”.
Maduro also expressed his hope that the new generation of Venezuelan opposition, arising in recent national elections, can perform their responsibilities with the people and contribute to the country’s progress.
Electoral victory
The president highlighted the recent results of the last elections of July 27, in which the 285 mayor’s victory of the 335 Of the whole country, which represents 85% of them.
Within the framework of the recent elections, he mentioned the elections held this Sunday in the indigenous peoples who with their ancestral methods elected their councilors, their councilors.
The PSUV consolidated itself as the main force of the country, also managed to win 23 of 24 capital mayors of the country.
There was one participation of more than 44% of the voters calledso that 6 million 273 thousand 531 Venezuelans are projected on this day.
The indigenous election was held in 69 municipalities of eight states: Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Sucre, Amazonas, Apure, Monagas, Zulia and Delta Amacuro.
This Sunday, the vice president of the National Electoral Council (CNE)Rector Carlos Quintero, reported at night that with a totalization corresponding to 98.55% of the positions to councilors and councilors representatives of the indigenous peoples and with a participation of 92.97% of the spokespersons and spokesmen of the 69 positions to choose 68 charges already find an irreversible tendency.
In this sense he informed that:
- Guaicaipuro Chair obtained 40 positions that represents 58.82%.
- Indian National Council of Venezuela (CONive) obtained 15 positions that represents 22.06%.
- Foundation for the training, integration and dignification of the indigenous (Fundacidi) obtained 8 positions that represents 11.73%.
- Kalaiira, obtained 4 positions that represents 5.88 %
- Federation of indigenous people of the Bolívar State (FEB), obtained 1 position that represents 1.47 %.
The national president said that on July 27, Venezuela not only held municipal elections: «He successfully closed a constitutional cycle initiated a year ago. With this, national, regional and local authorities were democratically updated ».
«In just twelve months, seven elections marked the route of La Paz. Without violence, without imposition. In a convulsive world, Venezuela offered the planet a civic maturity lesson. The revolution obtained 85% of the mayors’, he said.
