The United States reiterated its call for the National Electoral Council, which declared Nicolás Maduro’s victory in the July 28 elections without providing any evidence, to immediately publish the voting records with the results.
The United States (US) clarified on Monday, August 5, that while it has recognized Edmundo González, presidential candidate for the Unitary Platform, as the winner of the Venezuelan elections, it has not yet recognized him as President. It asks the government and the opposition to negotiate a democratic transition.
“We are not at that point yet (of recognizing him as president). We are in close contact with our partners in the region, especially Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, to find a way forward,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.
Miller also urged the government and the opposition to “begin discussions for a peaceful transition back to democracy.”
The spokesman reiterated the call for the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE), which declared Nicolás Maduro’s victory in the July 28 elections without providing any evidence, to publish the voting records with the results at once.
Miller stressed that it has been a week since the election and that any evidence presented by the CNE will require “close scrutiny” due to the “potential for alteration and manipulation after that period of time.”
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, recognized Edmundo González’s electoral victory on August 1by giving credence to the voting records obtained by the majority opposition platform and which would give an overwhelming victory to its candidate.
The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Colombia, Gustavo Petro; and Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have been more cautious and in a joint statement asked the CNE to make the minutes public and to verify the results.
With information from EFE
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