The Colombian Senate approved inviting the Carter Center to a special session to present its report on elections in Venezuela
The plenary session of the Colombian Senate approved a request to invite the Carter Center delegation, which was present as an international observer in the Venezuelan elections of July 28, to present its report on the elections in which the CNE declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.
In their statement of reasons, the senators of the Conservative Party indicate that alleged irregularities were reported in the Venezuelan electoral process, the result of which will have an impact on the neighboring country, and they call on them to play a more active role “in the defense of democratic principles, institutions and compliance with electoral guarantees.”
They also join the call of several countries to provide disaggregated data to verify the vote count and validate the results.
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“To this end, the signatory Congressmen join the international call for verification and scrutiny to give legitimacy to the results, and we request that the Board of Directors of the Senate of the Republic schedule a special session or provide a space so that the international oversight body in charge of the Carter Center Institute as official observers of the election in Venezuela can report on the work carried out by 17 experts and observers with teams in Caracas, Barinas, Maracaibo and Valencia,” states the proposal presented.
#13Aug #Colombia #CarterCenter@OrlvndoA:The Colombian Senate approves inviting the Carter Center to present its results on the monitoring of the Venezuelan elections to congressmen. pic.twitter.com/nKsE53xuM7
— Reporte Ya (@ReporteYa) August 14, 2024
After the motion was approved, Senator Nadia Blel said that the intention is to focus the eyes of the world on Venezuela and to make the report presented by the Carter Center known in depth.
Carter Center’s chief of observation mission, Jennie Lincoln, indicated August 8th that there is no evidence that any cyber attack on the CNE system was recorded during the Venezuelan presidential elections.
In an interview with AFP, Lincoln said that the Carter Center analyzed “the available numbers along with other organizations and universities.” In this regard, he said that the revised data confirms Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner with more than 60% of the votes.
He insisted that during the electoral process held on July 28, the biggest irregularity recorded was the lack of transparency on the part of the CNE and the failure to present disaggregated data on tables and voting centers.
With information from Caracol Radio / Infobae
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