The Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy (ABJD) released a document confirming that there are no elements that would allow questioning the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro.
In the aforementioned text, the jurists stated that “there was no objective legal evidence of any act, element or fact that could raise doubts about the integrity of the electoral voting process and system,” nor is it possible to have any evidence of any element that could “raise doubts about the authority of the CNE.”
In this regard, these experts who participated as observers of the elections of July 28 demanded respect for the results issued by the National Electoral Council, while assuring that the voting took place in an “orderly and completely free environment.”
Cyber attacks on the CNE confirmed
Likewise, ABJD confirmed the CNE’s complaint about the cyber attacks suffered by its platform on the night of July 28, and noted that this situation was what delayed the transmission of the data.
The text concludes by stating that the members of the ABJD delegation considered that Venezuela’s electronic voting process is “sufficiently reliable, being auditable in all its phases,” and complies with all the requirements implemented in Venezuelan electoral law.
ABJD lawyer Alexandre Guedes also followed the elections and says that this whole context also limits the opposition’s ability to oppose.
“Legally, this is an issue that has already been resolved, as the TSJ issued the verdict after carrying out the technical appraisal. The problem is that the opposition talks a lot and acts little, within the internal legislation of Venezuela. They use a tool that is not provided for in the Venezuelan electoral law. This part of the opposition did not even participate in the judicial process of the elections. Even if it participates in the elections, this opposition needs to formalize the challenge of this result, and not just question it in statements,” he told Brazil of Fact.
