The elections presidential elections in Venezuela On Sunday, the region and the world are in suspense over the political outcome that may occur in the government of Nicolas Maduro, one of the most questioned of today. While the concern remains, Uruguay Only 400 of the 40,000 Venezuelans residing in the country are eligible to vote.
Venezuela vote on Sunday in what is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in recent years, and choose between Maduro’s continued leadership or a renewal by the opposition. Maria Corina Machado who, disqualified as a candidate, is represented by the former ambassador Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Despite the electoral importance, only 400 of the 40,000 Venezuelans living in Uruguay will be able to vote. “It is something that, unfortunately, the Government put in place, to limit the majority of the diaspora from being able to vote. In fact, today, in the world, of eight million Venezuelans who are spread throughout the planet, only 69,000 are eligible to vote,” he explained to Telenoche. Angel Arellano, of the Venezuelan-Uruguayan Chamber.
“It is a sad, absurd figure that speaks of what the government has done to prevent people from exercising their rights,” he added.
“We still have faith that things will improve, that there will be a transition to democracyin which, finally, there is an alternation that allows the country to get out of the quagmire and democracy to return to Venezuela”, Arellano continued, noting that “the Uruguayan society” accompanies that feeling and desire for change.
According to the Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Diaz to Radio Carve, the pollsters The most serious polls in the country give more than 60% of voting intention to the opposition candidate González Urrutia.
The questioning from the Foreign Ministry
The owner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Omar Paganiniquestioned the electoral process of Venezuela, Although he acknowledged that there are certain guarantees provided by the international context and that of that country.
In this regard, the foreign minister commented that all the conditions are in place for a change in the Bolivarian country and compared it to the 1980 plebiscite carried out by the civil-military government which was intended to legitimize his position. “The playing field is arrowed and in the plebiscite of 80 the playing field was arrowed, and the Uruguay “The vote was No, just like the arrows on the right, and the process of opening up began. Perhaps we are in a similar situation,” said the minister.
On the other hand, when asked about the guarantees of the electoral process in that country, Paganini expressed his doubts. “It is enough to listen to the statements of the government, which says that if it loses there will be a bloodbath and things like that,” he commented. However, he also expressed that the hopes at the national and international level are different.
“We do see that people are very mobilized on this occasion, with a lot of hope for change on the part of Venezuelans. We understand that this great mobilization and the international focus on the episode can provide spaces for freedom and hopefully they can be realized,” he said.
Source: Ambito
