AREQUIPA, Peru – Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro He said this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice, which was “ready to present 100% of the minutes” of the elections held last Sunday.
“I have said, as political leader, son of Commander (Hugo) Chavez, that the Great Patriotic Pole, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela is ready to present 100% of the records. They will find out very soon because God is with us and the evidence has already appeared,” said the president.
After the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by Chavismo, accredited the presidential election on July 29 to Maduroprotests have broken out against electoral fraud and the regime’s repression has intensified in the face of international condemnation.
After three days of secrecy regarding the electoral records in Venezuela, the Chavista leader assures that he is ready for his presentation. In this regard, the former vice president of Colombia, Francisco (Pacho) Santos, launched a strong accusation about an alleged plan to falsify the documents.
“With great responsibility and after verifying 100% of this information, I confirm that: in the CNE warehouses in Filas de Mariche, Miranda state, there is a team of 150 employees of the Venezuelan electoral body, all supervised by a group of four Chinese engineers (manufacturers of the machines),” posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Santos, who accompanied Álvaro Uribe in his first presidency, said that the plan aims to print all the new records and present them to international observers before Friday, August 2. “They are dressed in grey underwear, without pockets and they have no cell phones,” he said.
The publication also notes that the Chinese arrived from the Cuban situation room in the early hours of Tuesday, aboard a Conviasa flight.
“They are supervised by Carlos Quintero, Principal Rector of the CNE, together with the director of technology of the same organization,” added Santos. So far, the CNE has not responded to the accusations.
The post-electoral crisis in Venezuela
Meanwhile, the situation in Venezuela remains tense and at least 13 people have died as of Tuesday during popular protests against electoral fraud. The demonstrations, which have spread to several cities in the country and have been repressed by the Chavista armed forces, have also left dozens injured and arrested.
Following international rejection, the Chavista government advertisement On Monday, Venezuela announced the expulsion of diplomatic representations from seven Latin American countries that do not recognize the reelection of Nicolás Maduro as president. The decision also includes the withdrawal of all Venezuelan diplomatic personnel from these nations.
In an official statement, the Venezuelan Executive demanded Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panamathe Dominican Republic and Uruguay “the immediate withdrawal of their representatives in Venezuelan territory” in rejection of what he described as “interventionist actions and statements” regarding the elections of July 28.
On the other hand, the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) of the Secretariat for the Strengthening of Democracy (SFD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) concluded this Tuesday that “the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela cannot be recognized” Nicolas Maduro is proclaimed the winner in the elections held last Sunday.
In a compelling reportthe OAS recalls that more than six hours after the closing of the voting, last Sunday, July 28, the CNE announced that it had processed 80% of the voting tables and declared the official candidate the winner, Nicolas Madurowithout providing specific details of the tables processed or publishing the minutes.
The multinational organization also states that the figures published by the CNE presented “arithmetic errors” and that these irregularities were part of “a coordinated strategy to undermine the integrity of the electoral process.”
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