The former presidents Julio Maria Sanguinetti and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera signed a resolution urging countries in the region to “take a clear and final position” regarding the outcome of the elections in Venezuela.
The former Uruguayan presidents They thus joined 30 other former heads of state who questioned the position of the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico against what they called “the tyranny of Nicolás Maduro.”
In the letter from former presidents who are part of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) They recalled that the deadline for the electoral authorities of Venezuela present the minutes of the elections.
The letter was signed by the former heads of state of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar and Mariano Rajoy; from Argentina, Mauricio Macri; from Mexico Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon; from Colombia Ivan Duque, Andres Pastrana and Alvaro Uribe; and from Costa Rica Oscar Arias, Carlos Alvarado, Rafael Angel Calderon, Laura Chinchilla, Jose Maria Figueres, Miguel Angel Rodriguez and Luis Guillermo Solis;
Other leaders included former presidents Mario Abdo Benítez, Federico Franco and Juan Carlos Wasmosy (Paraguay); Nicolás Ardito, Mireya Moscoso and Ernesto Pérez Valladares (Panama); Alfredo Cristiani (El Salvador); Eduardo Frei (Chile); Osvaldo Hurtado, Guillermo Lasso, Jamil Mahuad and Lenin Moreno (Ecuador); Hipólito Mejía (Dominican Republic), and Carlos Mesa and Jorge Tuto Quiroga (Bolivia).
Former presidents criticised a “wave of repression” in Venezuela
In the text, the former presidents spoke in line with the position of the government of Uruguay questioning that in the Caribbean country there is “a wave of repression and kidnappings of members of the democratic forces, as well as widespread and systematic violations of human rights against the people of Venezuela”.
In turn, they highlighted the advancement of the conclusions of the Carter Center, which sent a technical mission to observe the process, and according to which “there is no evidence of hacking” in the electoral system, as alleged by the Venezuelan authorities.
“This center has analyzed the available numbers together with other organizations and universities and confirms Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia “as the winner,” the former heads of state said, adding that an OAS report reached the same conclusion, making it the “legal obligation” of the international community to uphold “the principle of democratic security.”
Source: Ambito
