2024-03-29 00:57:41
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stated this Thursday (03/28/2024) that the impediments to the registration of the opposition candidacy of Corina Yoris in Venezuela is something “serious” and has no “political or legal” explanation.
“I don’t want anything better or worse for Venezuela, I want the elections to be held like in Brazil, with the participation of everyone,” said the president in a joint appearance with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on an official visit to Brazil. On the occasion, the French president also condemned the exclusion of the academic who was the replacement for María Corina Machado, the elected candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).
On Wednesday, the United States insisted that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, allow all opposition candidates who wish to participate in the July presidential elections. The Biden Administration thus reiterated its position regarding the disqualification of María Corina Machado, and the impossibility of the main anti-Chavista coalition, PUD, to register the academic Corina Yoris as her replacement.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela accused the United States Government of seeking to discredit the voting system of the South American nation, following the Biden Administration requested the participation of all anti-Chavista candidates who wish to do so in the elections. presidential elections on July 28.
“The Electoral Branch of Venezuela categorically rejects the insolent and false questions of the United States Department of State regarding the CNE, with the aim of discrediting one of the most solid institutions of the robust Venezuelan democracy,” the entity noted. electoral in a statement published in X.
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