Some 600 world leaders, including Argentines, were invited to Venezuela by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to oversee the elections taking place this Sunday. Under the guise of international observers, they will be observing what happens during the democratic day in that country.
For the first time, after the opposition reorganized under the figure of the candidate Edmundo Gonzalez UrrutiaChavismo may lose the elections after 25 years.
In recent days, there has been controversy over several opposition observers who were unable to enter Venezuela or were rejected and had to leave the country. This generated criticism from anti-Chavez groups, just hours before the start of the vote.
Elections in Venezuela: Argentines who traveled as observers of the elections
Some of the Argentine leaders present in Venezuela are Hugo Yasky, Roberto Baradel, Hugo Cachorro Godoy, Adolfo Fito Aguirre and Ignacio Campora of the CTA.
Also present were former ambassadors Oscar Laborde, Ariel Basteiro, Carlos Raimundi and Pablo Vila. They were also joined by the mayor of Ensenada Mario Secco, political scientist Atilio Borón and Eduardo Sigal.
Meanwhile, the senator from Formosa Francisco Paoltroni (Freedom Advances) and the Santa Fe deputy Alejandro Bongiovanni (PRO) were deported from Venezuelan territory and will not be able to participate in the elections as observers to verify the electoral process.
Both legislators will not be able to participate in the presidential elections in Venezuela, the institutional process that could be historic since the current president Nicolas Maduro And with more than a decade in power, he could lose control to the opposition Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
“Immigration deported us without any reason or explanation“They put us back on the same flight we had arrived on. We are fine,” Paoltroni said in a video posted on his social media from the plane returning to Argentina.
Venezuela receives observers from Russia and China for elections
During the last week the Venezuelan foreign minister Yvan Gil received dozens of delegations that will participate as observers in today’s elections.
They will be attended by observers from Russia, China, Türkiye, and countries of the African Union. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry reported that among the group of participating Russian observers are: Tatiana Mashkovaof the National Committee for Economic Cooperation with Latin American Countries; Tatyana Desyatova and Sergei Timokhovmembers of the International Brigade of the Russian Communist Party, and Leonid Savinresearcher at the Academy of Sciences of the Eurasian nation.
“These observers play a crucial role in strengthening the transparency and legitimacy of the electoral process, ensuring that democratic principles and the civil rights of all citizens are protected,” said the statement issued by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.
Source: Ambito
