Nicolas Maduro won the presidential elections in Venezuelahowever, his victory is based on electoral fraud. This has led to Governments of other countries, including Peru, do not recognize these results and withdraw their diplomatic officials from this country. Congresswoman Ruth Luque was not oblivious to this situation and, although she rejects the electoral victory in the Bolivarian Republic, she believes that the State has adopted a “hypocritical” position, she told La República.
The reason? A state that does not respect democracy in its own country cannot claim to “teach lessons” about this form of government, he explained. In his words: “There is political hypocrisy in various sectors of the country that look with rejection at what is happening in Venezuela, but are incapable of guaranteeing human rights to the population here.”
In this regard, the parliamentarian referred to the various antidemocratic attacks that occurred in Peru. Among them, he said, are the rejection of the electoral results that established Pedro Castillo as president in 2021, the denial of the voting of indigenous populations and the fact that, to date, there is no investigative commission into the political responsibility of Dina Boluarte regarding the deaths during the demonstrations against her.
“The government is speaking out against Venezuela’s electoral situation to present itself as a defender of democracy when its actions say the exact opposite,” he said.
“Venezuela does not have a government that guarantees rights”
The legislator also commented on the positions of Veronika Mendoza and the Congressman Guillermo Bermejowho was an international observer in the elections.
The former presidential candidate issued a statement via X expressing that, in her opinion, we must “wait for the reports from formally accredited international observers” and “respect the sovereignty and will of the Venezuelan people, the only ones who can and should elect their leaders, whether we like it or not.”
In this regard, Luque said: “I agree that democracy is always based on respecting the will of the people, but my message is different in that it cannot be denied that, at this time, Venezuela does not have a government that is guaranteeing rights. Democratic rules are not being ensured.”
Regarding waiting for the international reports, he said: “It will be an input for the discussion, but I think that when electoral courts that have enjoyed autonomy are not guaranteed… What will be your result? Your result would still be the same. Surely the observers’ reports will confirm that the electoral rules are not guaranteed.”
Regarding the statement by Congressman Bermejo, who said that “the elections were transparent,” he said: “The Government invited politicians. I have no further comment on that. The central thing now is to ensure that Venezuela has a democratic outcome. That is what is important.”
Regarding this last point, the parliamentarian of the Democratic Front proposed as an alternative solution “to forcefully call on the Maduro government to stop this wave of violence and for the country to enter into a clear and transparent democratic transition.”
