The organization led by the Uruguayan Luis Almagro called on member countries to participate in the meeting that will take place in Washington, USA. The call for the session was sent by the President of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Sir Ronald SandersPermanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda.
“The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, July 31 at 15:00 EDT (19:00 GMT) in the lounge Simon Bolivar at the headquarters of the OAS and Washington, DC., to “address the results of the electoral process in Venezuela“,” the organization said in a statement this afternoon.
According to the draft agenda that was accessed Ambit, the session was requested “to petition of the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, United States, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay, “with the purpose of addressing the results of the electoral process in Venezuela.”
Venezuelan elections: Chavismo and the opposition claim victory
He National Electoral Council (CNE)), an official party, proclaimed Nicolás Maduro for a third consecutive six-year term with 5.15 million votes (51.2%), after 80% of the votes were counted. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiathe successor of anti-Chavez leader María Corina Machado, received 4.45 million votes (44.2%), according to this first bulletin.
Maduro’s government and the opposition led by Machado claimed victory in the election amid growing tension over allegations of fraud.
The Venezuelan opposition denounced fraud in the vote and declared herself the winner with 70% of the votes, against 30% for Maduro. “All the rules have been violated,” said Gonzalez, representative of the charismatic and popular opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who is barred from running due to a political disqualification.
The CNE announcement was immediately questioned by Uruguay, United States, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina, Spain and the European Unionwho called for “total transparency” in the vote count. While Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and Bolivia they congratulated him.
Source: Ambito
