The Workers’ Party is the largest left-wing party in Latin America and is led by the Brazilian president. It expressed its support for the elections in a statement.
He Workers’ Party (PT), the largest left-wing party in Latin America and led by the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvadescribed Sunday’s elections in Venezuela as “democratic and sovereign” and considered that Nicolás Maduro was “re-elected“for the Venezuelan people.
It should be noted that the president has not yet commented on the matter and his spokesman assured that he will do so when the official data is released. The government said in a statement released on Monday that Brazil “awaits” the publication of all the data “detailed by voting table.”
“The PT greets the Venezuelan people for the electoral process that took place on Sunday in a peaceful, democratic and sovereign day,” It is detailed in the statement shared by the ruling party in Brazil.
In addition, the party spoke out on the accusations of fraud and said they were sure that the National Electoral Council, “which proclaimed the victory of President Nicolás Maduro,” will give respectful treatment of all resources received, within the timeframes and under the terms provided for by the Venezuelan Constitution.
The Workers’ Party supported Maduro’s re-election
He also considered that The important thing is that Maduro, “now re-elected”, maintains dialogue with the opposition to overcome the serious problems in Venezuela, which it attributed to the “illegal sanctions” imposed on the Caribbean country. “The PT will remain vigilant to contribute, to the extent of its ability, so that the problems of Latin America and the Caribbean are dealt with by the peoples of the region, without any type of violence or external interference,” the note concludes.
Although the Brazilian Executive also celebrated the “peaceful character“of the elections, he said that will await the entirety of the results to decide on the victory attributed by the electoral authorities to Maduro, according to the official statement in which it stated that “the principle of popular sovereignty must be observed through impartial verification of the results.”
Source: Ambito
