Claudia Sheinbaum, president-elect of Mexico, express his criticism of the Organization of American States (OAS) and its Secretary General, Luis Almagro, for their position regarding the elections in Venezuela and stated that the organization has an “interventionist opinion.”
“The OAS in general and for years, and particularly with Cuba at the time, has played a role of interventionism rather than coordination of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and of America,” commented The former head of the Mexico City government said on Thursday: “I agree with the president [Andrés Manuel López Obrador]”Why doesn’t the OAS speak out in other cases but in this case it did?” he added.
🇲🇽 Sheinbaum criticizes the “interventionist” stance of the OAS in the Venezuelan electionshttps://t.co/Y83vcNcdk5
The president-elect of Mexico confirmed the words of the current president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Calling for transparency in the results and the process for the benefit of all, stated: “It is already an interventionist opinion to say that the opposition won in Venezuela. On what basis?” “It is very important, first, the self-determination of the peoples, particularly in this case of Venezuela, and that it is very clear to all Venezuelans how it was resolved,” he continued.
As an example of this interventionist position, Sheinbaum recalled a conflict that the foreign minister of his country, Marcelo Ebrard, had years ago with Almagro. “His secretary general had a bad moment with the foreign minister. What should he have been saying at that time about particular issues?” he asked, adding that he believes that “the underlying issue is Venezuela.”
Lopez Obrador against the OAS
The Mexican president already had made public his criticism of the OAS for its “interference” in Venezuela. “What does the OAS have to do with it? What do they have to do with it? That is interventionism, that is why the OAS has no credibility,” he said last Tuesday, reported RT.
His words came after Almagro published a statement in which, based on the report of the Department of Cooperation and Electoral Observation (DECO) of the organization, regarding the electoral process in Venezuela, he called on Maduro to “accept his electoral defeat,” arguing that the victory went to the opposition candidate, Edmundo González; and if he does not do so, he urged that “new elections” be called with other conditions.
In this regard, López Obrador asked: “On what basis does the OAS claim that the other candidate won? Where is the evidence?” “It is very predictable (the OAS statement), because it is neither a democratic nor autonomous organization, nor does it represent the countries of Latin America.” […] This organization must be reformed, it is useless, and it only serves to aggravate the problems,” he stressed.
Despite criticism of the OAS, the Mexican president asked that “all votes be counted” and that “the minutes be reviewed.”
