- The former rector of the National Electoral Council pointed out that the ruling of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal does not prevent the results from having to be shown table by table.
Vicente Díaz, former director of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said that the processes following the presidential elections of July 28 were not carried out as in previous elections.
“The process ended as it began, civically. What the president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, announced at midnight is a complete result, but without the detail that we are used to in any election, the one that the law mandates and subsequently publishing the results, state by state, municipality by municipality, parish by parish, center by center and table by table,” said Díaz in an interview for Union Radio on August 26th.
The former rector explained that these are the basic steps of an election and pointed out that this is what has happened in all presidential elections in Venezuela.
“The CNE claims that there was a hack, but that did not stop it announce a result with approximately 80% of the minutesthen publish what you have. However, it did not do so and the electoral body had the responsibility required by the electoral regulatory framework to publish the results,” Díaz added.
The former member of the CNE also stated that what generates confidence is the auditability of the results and for that to happen, the numbers broken down by voting table must be published.
Solution to the post-electoral crisis in Venezuela
According to the former head of the CNE, the solution to the post-electoral crisis in Venezuela must be done discreetly and through discussions with the parties.
“I believe that these things have to be developed with great skill and prudence, if we want Venezuela to still find a way out of this confrontation, the proposals must be made through discreet, private means, talking with the parties, to see their viability, through third parties with good offices and without particular interests,” said Díaz.
The lawyer also indicated that one month after the presidential elections, the results should be published in the Official Gazette in detail, not in general.
Díaz added that the best way out of the political confrontation is through negotiation.
“One of the proposals, Lula da Silva’s is to repeat the election. We already know that the CNE results are in, we know that the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) ruling is in place, but is the option of repeating the elections viable? Is it necessary? Could or should the opposition accept it and under what conditions? I believe that any proposal made publicly, without having been agreed upon by the parties, instead of helping, rather generates noise,” said the former rector.
Decision of the TSJ
Vicente Diaz referred to the decision of the TSJ on the results of the presidential elections, and although he declared that it is unappealable, he maintained that the auditing process they carried out should still be shared.
“We have a problem here, because the TSJ is the highest interpreter of the Constitution and the law and its decisions are legally unappealable, but that does not mean that this prevents the results from being presented table by table and minute by minute so that they can be verified,” said the lawyer.
The former rector explained that the responsibility of the TSJ is not to convince people who won the elections, but to verify the results of the CNE and provide sufficient information to clear up the doubts of all citizens.
“I think that an opportunity was wasted that could still be corrected if the CNE, following the instructions of the TSJ, publishes the results table by table, minute by minute, which is what is appropriate,” said Díaz.
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2024-08-27 17:32:06
