The Supreme Court of Venezuela On Thursday, the president’s re-election was confirmed Nicolas Maduro Despite the allegations of fraud of the opposition, which considered the decision of this court, whose independence is questioned, “null.” Maduro asked the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) “certify“the result of the elections of July 28, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed him the winner with 52% of the votes.
The oppositionled by Maria Corina Machadoclaims to have won these elections and accuses both the TSJ and the CNE to serve the chavismoThey claim that their candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won with 67% of the votes and published copies of the proceedings who claim to prove it, while Chavismo has said that the material is “wrought“.
The chairwoman of the TSJ and of the Electoral Hall in charge of the case, Caryslia Rodriguezread the sentence that “certifies in an unobjectionable manner the electoral material examined and validates This room them results of the presidential election of July 28, 2024, issued by the National Electoral Council, where it turned out elect the citizen Nicolas Maduro Moros as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the constitutional period 2025-2031“.
The magistrate cited a technical report that concluded that “the bulletins issued by the National Electoral Council Regarding the 2024 presidential election, they are backed by the minutes of the scrutiny issued by each of the voting machines” and “maintain full coincidence with the records of the databases of the national totalization centers.”
Within minutes of the ruling, Gonzalez Urrutia reacted on the social network X: “Null, sovereignty resides non-transferable “in the village,” says an illustration showing a court document, accompanied by the label “They will not usurp the truth“.
Already the own Machado and Gonzalez Urrutia They had announced on Wednesday, in a letter endorsed by the opposition coalition Unitary Platformwhich they would consider “ineffective and null“an eventual sentence that “can validate the electoral fraud which is intended to be imposed”. Jurists agree that this procedure was inappropriate, maintaining that the Supreme Court assumes attributions that correspond to the CNE.
The world’s view of Venezuela
USAthe European Union and several countries of Latin America, They don’t know the proclamation of Ripe for what would be a third term. A mission independent of the UN to assess the situation of human rights In Venezuela, he questioned the independence of Venezuelan institutions.
The mission warned about “the lack of independence and impartiality of the Supreme Court of Justice and the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, which have played a role within the machinery repressive of the State“, according to a message posted on X by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Machado thanked “this firm and unequivocal position.” “There is no maneuver that can grant an iota of legitimacy to Nicolás Maduro,” added the leader. Maduro accuses to the opposition of promote violence and inciting a coup d’état against him, after the protests that broke out when the result was known, with a balance of 27 dead, 200 injured and more than 2,400 detainees“.
The president asked Jail for both and the prosecution has already opened a criminal investigation. Maduro has the “absolute loyalty” from the high command of the Armed Forceswho have dismissed calls from the opposition to support them.
He Parliamentalso controlled by the chavismo, drives a series of laws which includes legislation against fascism, a term that the ruling Chavismo often uses to disqualify its adversaries, and one to regulate social networks. The platform X this blocked in Venezuela since last August 8th. A law has already been voted on NGO oversightcriticized by human rights activists.
Source: Ambito
