Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), which a month ago rejected an invitation from Nicolas Maduro’s administration to send observers to the presidential election, announced Wednesday that it has revised its decision and will send two observers.
Despite initially saying it would not send observers to Venezuela without explaining the reasons for its refusal, Brazil’s top electoral authority notified the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it will send two of its technicians to the neighboring country.
According to the notification sent to the Foreign Ministry, they are the director of the Electoral Management Advisory Board of the TSE, Sandra Damiani, and the head of the Electoral Systems Coordination, José de Melo Cruz.
The Brazilian electoral court did not explain the reason for its change of decision.
In June, when he rejected an invitation from Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, there was controversy over that body’s decision to reject an observer mission announced by the European Union.
At the time, there were also doubts about the possible participation in the elections of opposition candidates to Maduro, several of whom were prevented from registering, and accusations by the opposition that the government was preparing to rigged the elections in order to stay in power.
Although several countries have accused Venezuela of violating the Barbados Agreement, by which the Maduro government committed to promoting transparent presidential elections this year in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions, Brazil says it is confident that the situation will return to normal.
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2024-09-08 12:05:37
