The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference asked the political sectors to leave confrontation and disqualification behind and seek avenues for dialogue. It rejected violence from any quarter.
The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) issued a statement on the morning of Wednesday, May 31, condemning all demonstrations in the country, regardless of where they come from, due to the deaths and injuries that have been recorded in the last two days generated by demonstrations following the release of the first CNE bulletin that declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.
Through the social networksthe CEV regretted the deaths and injuries that have occurred both in the demonstrations and among the security forces, and therefore expresses its solidarity with the families of the victims and asks the authorities to guarantee public order by avoiding any abuse.
He also called on the political forces in Venezuela to avoid disqualification and confrontation, urging them to seek avenues for dialogue and citizen encounter to find peaceful solutions to the situation in the nation.
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Likewise, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference reiterated the call to “make the will expressed at the polls shine through” because “it is not only a requirement of Venezuelan legislation, but also an ethical one.”
In this regard, he stressed that this is the only way for the truth to prevail so that peace and trust can reign among Venezuelans.
The bishops of Venezuela remain firm in their call to respect the dignity of every person.
In solidarity with the pain of Venezuelans, they share their reflections on recent events and demand respect for the popular will expressed at the polls. pic.twitter.com/CujxxJxHkf— Venezuelan Episcopal Conference CEV (@CEVmedios) July 31, 2024
Last July 11the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference warned that the process towards the presidential elections was taking place without equal opportunities. The Church invited citizens to participate massively because, it stressed, voting is the only way to overcome the shadows of the prophets of discouragement.
In his Pastoral Exhortation of the CXXII Ordinary Plenary Assembly, Monsignor Juan de Dios Peña, Bishop of El Vigia- San Carlos del Zulia, indicated in the statement read by the priests that “there is no equality of opportunity for all. It is necessary for civic peace that the persecution and harassment of those who provide instruments for demonstrations cease and that freedom of movement be guaranteed for candidates who oppose” the governing policies, says the CEV document, which was read by Monsignor Juan de Dios Peña, Bishop of El Vigia- San Carlos del Zulia.
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