Just in the morning press conference on August 8, it was reported that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would hold a phone call with his counterparts Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from Brazil, and Gustavo Petro, from Colombia, to discuss the electoral process in Venezuela.
“We will probably speak on the phone with President Lula and President Petro today at noon in Mexico. We will discuss the positions that exist in the case of Venezuela,” confirmed the Mexican president at his press conference.
During the morning press conference, he stated that Mexico has sought to act prudently so as not to intervene in matters that do not concern it.
“We propose first that there be no violence, second that the will of the Venezuelan people be respected, third that evidence be presented, the minutes of the electoral results, and fourth that there be no interference,” he stressed.
The president has rejected the involvement of countries or international organizations in an issue that is Venezuela’s responsibility to resolve.
“What unfortunately happened with the Secretary General of the OAS, the election was on Sunday and on Tuesday he declared that the elections had been fraudulent and that his candidate had not won, but that another candidate had won, without having any proof of anything, and without having any legal authority,” he said.
