- At the meeting, some representatives of the different member countries questioned the results of the presidential elections of July 28, as well as the “systematic violations” of human rights in the country.
The member countries of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) discussed on October 2 the political situation in Venezuela after the presidential elections on July 28.
In the discussion, Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, insisted that in Venezuela the elections were neither free nor fair, which is why he considered that we must go “beyond condemning” the irregularities so that “the do justice.”
Jennie Lincoln, senior advisor of the Carter Center, presented the minutes of the elections that show the opponent Edmundo González as the winner.
He stressed that the original documents were collected and analyzed by both independent observers and the Venezuelan opposition. However, the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the elections.
“(The) original data from the CNE showed that Edmundo González had won with 67% and Nicolás Maduro had obtained 31%,” he declared.
#2Oct | Jennie Lincoln, senior advisor at the Carter Center, reported that, according to the original minutes, Edmundo González Urrutia obtained 67% of the votes and Nicolás Maduro 31%.
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For her part, Ana Irene Delgado, representative of Panama, criticized that the Maduro government announced a victory without presenting the minutes, which is why it “lost the support” of its “most loyal defenders in the region,” referring to political leaders. like the leaders of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have not recognized the victory announced by the CNE.
“Claiming a victory without presenting minutes is like trying to win a trial without providing evidence. It is a way of not accepting defeat,” Delgado expressed in his speech.
Repression in Venezuela
Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, president of the Washington Office for Latin American Affairs, also spoke at the event, denouncing the repression against citizens in Venezuela, as well as the detention of teenagers, who are accused of terrorism.
“It is one of the most violent repressive waves in the recent history of Venezuela. The Member States must ensure that the sovereignty of Venezuelans, who peacefully exercised their right to vote, is respected, even knowing that not all the conditions were in place for the elections to be free and fair,” Jiménez commented.
Santiago Peña, ambassador of Paraguay, confirmed that his country will continue to support the efforts of the international community to normalize the political situation in the country, while the representative of Uruguay, Washington Abdala, considered that in Venezuela a “ “basic manual of the tyrant.”
“What they play is to stretch time and gain time from time (…) It should be clear to those most responsible for the dictatorship that we are going to throw the crimes committed in their faces. There are millions of us in the world who are raising our voices,” commented Abdala during his speech at the meeting.
Repeated complaints since July 28
After the presidential elections, the member countries of the OAS have rejected both the results of these elections and the acts of violence that have been reported since then.
In addition to this, on September 8, the international organization published a statement in which it accused the Venezuelan government of having “forced the exile of Edmundo González,” who arrived in Spain to request political asylum.
“One month and 10 days before the presidential elections in Venezuela, the regime has not only failed to produce the slightest evidence of an electoral result, but has forced the exile of candidate Edmundo González – who, taking into account what has happened since of the election, there is no doubt that he won them – based on unsubstantiated summons to the Prosecutor’s Office and threats of imprisonment. This action by the Venezuelan authoritarian regime is obviously condemnable and repudiable,” the organization’s text states.
On August 28, the OAS countries met in an extraordinary session to debate the post-electoral situation in Venezuela and proposed joint measures with the aim of promoting political conciliation in Venezuela.
One of the most critical voices was the Uruguayan ambassador to the OAS, Washington Abdala, who categorically rejected the events that occurred in Venezuela after the presidential elections and urged the member countries of the organization to have greater empathy with the situation of Venezuelans.
“There are 30 million Venezuelans begging for peace, respect and democracy. Can anyone hear them? Or are they sentenced to live in hell?” said Abdala. Likewise, he criticized those who ask not to make efforts to solve the crisis in Venezuela.
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2024-10-02 21:34:32
