Former Colombian Presidents and Politicians They criticized the government of Gustavo Petro for abstain from voting on a resolution of the Organization of American States (OAS) which demanded that the Venezuelan authorities immediately publish the minutes of Sunday’s presidential elections and which failed due to not obtaining sufficient support.
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The target of criticism is President Gustavo Petro, because, just this Wednesday, July 31, he stated that there is “serious doubts“on the presidential elections in Venezuela andHe gave the Government of that country a scrutiny “transparent” and accept the result, “whatever it may be,” but then its ambassador to the OAS abstained from supporting the resolution.
“Colombia’s vote in the OAS is a disgrace“, said the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018).
(See: Petro will meet with Lula and López Obrador to discuss the crisis in Venezuela).
His successor, Ivan Duque (2018-2022), He stated that there is a “complicit silence” from the Petro government to the “ask for a ‘recount’ to give the dictator time, validate the regime and now abstain in the OAS“.
“The Colombian government is helping to legitimize the usurpation. The legitimate president is Edmundo González, and the dictator is Maduro. The attitude towards this grotesque theft (of the elections) is a warning sign about the Colombian government’s plans for 2026.“, added Duque.
For its part, The Mayor of Bogota, Carlos Fernando Galan He described this decision as “unacceptable and inexplicable.”
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Insufficient votes
At an extraordinary session of the OAS held in Washington, The resolution was approved by 17 votes in favour, none against, 11 abstentions (including those of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico) and five absences, so it did not obtain the support of the absolute majority of the members of the Pan-American organization necessary for its approval.
(See: The OAS will ask the International Criminal Court to arrest Maduro).
The text urged the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, which early Monday morning proclaimed the victory of President Nicolás Maduro in results rejected by the opposition and part of the international community, to “immediately publish the results of the vote” at each polling station.
Also to that “A comprehensive verification of the results is carried out in the presence of independent observation organisations to ensure the transparency, credibility and legitimacy of the results.“.
(See: The explanation that Nicolás Maduro gave to Gustavo Petro about the elections).
In that sense, Former Mayor of Bogotá Claudia López, of the Green Alliance party, stated that “It is not consistent that the president and the foreign minister of Colombia (Luis Gilberto Murillo) say one thing and do another.“.
“They say on social media that they are asking the Venezuelan government for transparency, guarantees and publication of the electoral records, and they refuse to vote for an OAS resolution that asks for the same thing. Ambiguity is complicity with electoral fraud and an anti-democratic regime that is currently repressing and killing its citizens.“, he added.
Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal, from the Democratic Center, He stated that it is “The attitude of the Petro Government towards the OAS is scoundrel“.
“While they remain silent and make statements to distract, before the world they abstain from supporting or denying the resolution that urges Maduro to immediately publish the results of the votes at the level of each polling station. The truth is that Petro supports the genocidal Maduro“, the congresswoman added.
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