After the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela certify the re-election of Nicolas Maduro As president, the Guatemalan ruler Bernardo Arevalo spoke out on the matter.
Through his account on social network X, the president Bernardo Arevalo He wrote: “The crisis in Venezuela It is indisputable, and from Guatemala we have already said that its recent elections are only a demonstration of the same: the Maduro regime is not democratic and we do not recognize its fraud.”
He added that the people of our entire continent must demand a peaceful solution, which guarantees the will of the people and recovers the country for all. Venezuelans”.
“Our solidarity with the brotherly people of Venezuelawho are fighting for their freedom and democracy,” said Arévalo.
Maduro’s reelection certified
The AFP news agency reported that the Venezuela’s Supreme Court certified Maduro’s reelection for his third six-year term, despite allegations of fraud by the opposition, which considered the decision of this court to be “null and void” due to the questionable judicial independence.
He stated that Maduro He asked the TSJ to “certify” the results of the July 28 elections, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared him the winner with 52% of the votes. Meanwhile, the opposition claimed to have won the elections and accuses both the TSJ and the CNE of serving Chavismo.
He published that the president of the TSJ and the Electoral Chamber in charge of the case, Caryslia Rodríguez, read the sentence that “certifies in an unobjectionable manner the electoral material examined and this chamber validates the results of the presidential election of July 28, 2024, issued by the National Electoral Council, where the citizen was elected Nicolas Maduro Moros as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the constitutional period 2025-2031″.
Rodríguez cited a technical report that concluded that “the bulletins issued by the National Electoral Council regarding the 2024 presidential election are supported by the vote counting records issued by each of the voting machines” and “maintain full coincidence with the records in the databases of the national counting centers.” Therefore, the ruling is final.
The crisis in Venezuela is indisputable, and we in Guatemala have already said that its recent elections are only a demonstration of this: the Maduro regime is not democratic and we do not recognize its fraud.
The people of our entire continent must demand a way out…
— Bernardo Arevalo (@BArevalodeLeon) August 22, 2024
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