He Uruguayan ambassador to the OAS, Washington Abdala rated Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator” and said that “he must be told to leave,” when speaking before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), which unanimously approved a resolution on the elections in Venezuela.
“I have my manual and everyone will have their own on how to get out of dictatorships. But you don’t get out by congratulating them, you get out by saying ‘sir: respect the result that is evident, empirical, factual and won’ Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. “What is it that you don’t understand, Mr. Maduro?” Abdala said in a fiery speech before the OAS, which demanded that the electoral records be handed over after a failed attempt on July 31.
He Uruguayan leader He also questioned double standards and stated: “The serious thing is that some people read the human rights in one way and when it happens somewhere else they read it in another way. And it is the same people who are giving lives. Do you think there are 8 million Venezuelans who went out to do tourism around the world?”
“The tone is this, passionate, and I apologize, but there is not much more room and we will have to continue insisting. If we have to hold a session for 20 days, we will have to continue doing so and tell the dictator: ‘Sir, you have to leave there, no one supports you anymore,'” Abdala said against Maduro in a speech that was collected by the foreign minister. Omar Paganini in your X account.
The OAS demands that Venezuela publish the minutes
The OAS unanimously approved the resolution urging Maduro to “respect the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty and publish the electoral records,” adding its contribution to the pressure exerted by the international community against the government of Nicolas Maduro almost three weeks from the elections in that country.
In turn, he asked the National Electoral Council (CNE) to carry out “an impartial verification of the results that guarantees the transparency, credibility and legitimacy of the electoral process.”
In the document, the organization also highlighted “the importance of protecting and preserving all equipment used in the electoral process, including all proceedings and printed results, in order to safeguard the entire chain of custody of the voting process.”
He also called for preserving “the diplomatic facilities and to personnel residing in Venezuelan territory, including persons requesting asylum in said facilities, in accordance with International Law and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.”
Regarding the situations of violence In the Caribbean country, the OAS referred to the need for “respect for the rights” Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, the right to life, liberty and security of the person, especially the right to peaceful assembly and to the full exercise of civil and political rights without reprisals, the right not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest or imprisonment, and the right to a fair trial.”
“All these rights must be an absolute priority and an obligation for Venezuela as well as for all the States of the Americas”, The statement concluded with a message of “solidarity with the Venezuelan people” and a commitment to “stay alert” to future events.
The OAS joins the condemnation of the international community
The OAS statement comes just hours after the request of more than 20 countries was made, including Uruguay, where “a firm call for common sense and sanity” was made.
Almost three weeks from the elections carried out in the Caribbean country, the signatory countries also demanded an “impartial and independent verification” of the election results and condemned the situations of political violence.
Source: Ambito
