President Nicolás Maduro has asked the highest court in his country to validate his electoral victory. Meanwhile, the main opposition leader offers a transition that “includes guarantees, safe conducts and incentives for the parties involved.”
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroasked the c this Friday supreme power of his country validate his electoral victory of last July 28th, disputed by the main opposition political force and by the international community that asks him to disclose the minutes of the vote.
Ripe He came after a request forThe Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to “certify” the election. The Venezuelan president was accompanied by the State Attorney, lawyer Reinaldo Múñoz, and members of his cabinet. Supporters gathered outside to express their support.
According to the National Electoral Council (CNE), Maduro was re-elected president with 52% of the votes compared to 43% for his main competitor, Edmundo González Urrutia, who continues to denounce fraud and proclaim himself the winner with more than 60% of the votes.
So far, the CNE has not presented the voting records, although it has released figures on the number of votes each candidate would have obtained. Meanwhile, the opposition party Con Venezuela, which had Urrutia as its candidate because Corina Machado, its main leader, is disqualified from holding public office, claims to have 80% of the records, which prove his victory.
The opposition calls for negotiations “for a democratic transition”
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Last Wednesday he was summoned by the TSJ Gonzalez Urrutiabut did not appear, alleging “absolute vulnerability due to defenselessness and violation of due process.” Meanwhile, supported by a significant portion of the population and the international community, They are trying to sustain the electoral victory they claim to have achieved and make it count.
“We are determined to move forward in negotiations for a democratic transition”assures Corina Machado56 years old. “It will be a complex, delicate transition process, in which we will unite the entire nation.” The proposal for a democratic transition “includes guarantees, safe conducts and incentives for the parties involved, In this case, the regime that was defeated in that presidential election,” Machado said.
Chavismo rejected this proposal flat out. One of its main leaders, Diosdado Cabello, He rejected the validity of the minutes presented by the opposition. “She is not in a position to negotiate anything,” he told reporters. “By offering conditions to whom? Here there was a result given by the CNE, which is the governing body, (in which) Nicolás Maduro Moros emerged victorious, accepted by Venezuelan men and women,” he added.
Source: Ambito
