- The Chilean president asked the Venezuelan government to respect sovereignty and the results of the July 28 elections “for the good of Venezuela and all of Latin America”
Chilean President Gabriel Boric has expressed his support for his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and considers it “inconceivable” that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens “bloodbaths” if he does not win the elections on Sunday, July 28.
“I agree with and support Lula’s statements: under no circumstances can we threaten bloodbaths. What the leaders and candidates receive is a bloodbath and these bloodbaths represent popular sovereignty, which must be respected,” Boric said on Thursday, July 25, in a meeting with foreign correspondents.
Lula admitted on Monday, July 22, that he was “scared” when he heard Maduro say at a campaign event in a working-class area of Caracas that if he did not win the election, Venezuela would fall “into a bloodbath, into a civil war.”
Boric asked Venezuelan authorities to respect the results “for the good of Venezuela and all of Latin America.”
“On the eve of this very important election, I call on the Venezuelan government and electoral authority to guarantee the normal development of the electoral process with guarantees, especially for the opposition, granting unrestricted respect to the results that are duly accredited,” Boric said.
The Chilean president acknowledged that he prefers “not to imagine the worst scenario,” but warned that if Chavismo does not accept the results, “Venezuela would be left in a totally discredited position before the entire international community.” The authority also said that “Brazil, Colombia and Mexico will face the same opposition in demanding respect for popular sovereignty.”
Lula da Silva’s words in response to Nicolas Maduro’s statements
On July 22, Brazilian President Lula da Silva reacted to Nicolás Maduro’s statements about what could happen if the opposition wins the elections. presidential election the 28th of July.
“The loser gets a bath of votes, not a bath of blood. Maduro has to learn that when you win you stay, and when you lose you leave and prepare for another election,” he said. Lula in an interview with international journalists.
The Brazilian president said he had had the opportunity to speak with the Venezuelan president on two occasions about the upcoming elections.
“I was scared by that statement (…) If (Maduro) wants to contribute to solving Venezuela’s growth problem and the return of those who left, he has to respect the democratic process,” he added.
The Brazilian president said that the elections on Sunday (July 28) will be “the only opportunity” for Venezuela to “return to normality” and for the country to reintegrate into the regional and international community.
“That is what I wish for Venezuela and for all of South America,” he added.
However, it became known on July 24 that Brazil and Colombia suspended sending observers to the elections in Venezuela.
Brazil and Colombia will not send observers to the presidential elections
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Brazil, as well as the government of Colombia, announced on July 24 that Observers will not be sent to the presidential elections in Venezuelascheduled for July 28, following statements by President Nicolas Maduro regarding his electoral system.
The Brazilian body said it does not accept that, internally or externally, through statements or acts that disrespect the fairness of the Brazilian electoral process, “the seriousness and integrity of the elections” and of electronic voting machines in Brazil are undermined.
On the other hand, journalist Ricardo Ospina reported through his X account that Colombia formally cancelled the commission that Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo had requested to go to Venezuela.
On the other hand, the former president of Argentina Alberto Fernandez announced that he will not travel to Venezuela for the presidential elections on July 28 by decision of the government of Nicolás Maduro, despite the fact that the CNE had previously sent him an invitation to attend the elections as an “electoral observer.”
“Yesterday, the Venezuelan national government informed me of its intention not to travel to Venezuela and to desist from fulfilling the task that had been entrusted to me by the CNE,” the former official stated on his X account.
Fernández explained that the reason given to him was that, in the government’s opinion, the public statements he made to a national media outlet “caused discomfort and raised doubts” about his impartiality.
With information from EFE
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2024-07-26 02:26:02
