Even though the National Electoral Council (CNE) has not yet presented all the votes cast in Venezuela on July 28, based on the counting of the minutes, which is essential for issuing the final bulletin preceding the proclamation, the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) validates through a ruling a process that has not complied with the Organic Law of Electoral Processes and its Regulations.
The TSJ, like the CNE, cannot award victory without any evidence that all the votes issued by the electoral tables have been counted.
The position of the Chavistas who control all power, which in itself was unsustainable due to the haste of the CNE, is made more incredible by the botched decision of the TSJ, which is monstrous in itself because it was based on an illegality due to the fact that the CNE failed to comply with several of the procedures of its own law, which is why the contentious appeal submitted by Nicolás Maduro had no place.
With each passing day, the lack of credibility of the election results is growing, and even the most basic details, as recorded in the voting records, are still unknown.
From the Caribbean, whose position has been detached from any particular interest other than that of the Venezuelans, whose people are responsible for a satisfactory outcome, we reiterate that all voting records must be published, and that anyone who wishes to do so must be allowed to access these documents and compare them, and that the institutional resources contemplated by the electoral legislation must be available to anyone who requests them.
We agree with a legal contribution made by Allan R. Brewer-Carías, professor emeritus of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela, who concludes, after exhaustively analyzing the process: “The CNE could not award victory to any candidate without having scrutinized all the minutes issued by the electoral tables,” he states.
And we also agree, because it summarises what this newspaper has been saying about the Venezuelan crisis, with the point of view of Pope Francis: “Let them have the true good of the population at heart and not partisan interests.” And even less so those that they are trying to impose from outside their territory, we add.
