The Brazilian president suggested to his Venezuelan counterpart that a new electoral schedule be designed and that the opposition be allowed to participate freely.
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silvasuggested on Thursday that his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Madurocall for new elections in his country to clear up doubts about the questioned results that gave him re-election for a third term in the elections, while the Chavista regime advances in the approval of controversial laws to criminalize his detractors.
Maduro “could try to make a call to the people of Venezuela“Maybe even call for an electoral programme, establish criteria for the participation of all candidates and let observers from all over the world go and watch the elections,” said Lula in an interview, who has “not yet” recognised the results.
The Venezuelan president has previously denied the possibility of repeating the elections and asked the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), designated to serve him, to “certify” his proclamation, in a process that academics and opponents consider inappropriate.
Maduro was proclaimed re-elected for a third six-year term, until 2031, with 52% of the votes, a result that the opposition led by Maria Corina Machado He calls it fraudulent, when claiming victory for his candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. Uruguay and seven other countries also denounced the illegality and recognized the anti-Chavez party as the winner.
Almost three weeks after the elections, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has not yet published the details of the voting table by table, arguing that its system was the target of a “stroke cyber terrorist“, that the Carter Center and other observers dismiss it.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly (Venezuelan parliament is once again debating the regulation of NGOs, an initiative that activists fear will restrict civil rights.
The discussion of this project, promoted in January 2023, was resumed on Tuesday after a request made by Maduro to accelerate the discussion of a package of laws that also includes the social media regulation and the punishment against the fascisma term frequently used by the government to refer to the opposition.
Source: Ambito
