The Unitary Platform added support to its cause from Japan, as well as ratified the support of Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic in its claim for how “illegitimate” Maduro’s takeover was.
The Unitary Platform spoke out on Sunday, January 12, to thank Japan for its support in rejecting the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro for a third consecutive term, describing it as “illegitimate” and supporting respect for what was expressed about sovereignty. on July 28; asserting that Edmundo González Urrutia was the winner of the process.
Through his social networksthe Unitary Platform thanked the Foreign Minister of Japan, Takeshi Iwaya, for his “will” to continue offering help to Venezuelans who leave the country in search of a better quality of life, as well as to countries that have been impacted by the migratory phenomenon resulting from Maduro’s permanence in power.
Today we thank Japan for its statement rejecting the illegitimate swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro, and in support of respecting the majority will of Venezuelans expressed on July 28.
Likewise, we thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for its willingness to… https://t.co/x9XWDT7xZG
— Unidad Venezuela (@unidadvenezuela) January 12, 2025
He Government of Japan He regretted the swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro for the period 2025-2031 “without the Government of that country having assumed its responsibility” when it came to verifying the reliability of the results presented by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
The Japanese Foreign Ministry recalled in a statement that the transparency of the electoral process of the last Venezuelan elections has “been questioned both from inside and outside the country.” Likewise, the spokesperson for this organization, Toshihiro Kitamura, made a “call for all the information necessary to guarantee the reliability of the electoral results to be made public.”
In addition, the Unitary Platform extended its gratitude to the countries that make up the Alliance for Development in Democracy – made up of Ecuador, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama – for reclaiming the victory of González Urrutia and that the Maduro administration violated with the swearing-in to a third period.
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The aforementioned nations issued a text in which they rejected the “illegitimate” inauguration on January 10, insisting that electoral “fraud” occurred through state terrorism.
He insisted that the ambassador was also the winner of the elections, whose minutes were verified as “authentic” by the Carter Center; who in the opinion of the Alliance was the only “impartial” observer of the process.
The democratic forces appreciate the enormous support of the nations that claim popular sovereignty expressed with the vote on July 28 and that have rejected in the last hours what happened on January 10, the day on which it became clear that the regime has violated the Constitution . https://t.co/xvXEw2KJrD
— Unidad Venezuela (@unidadvenezuela) January 13, 2025
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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