CARACAS.- After five days of citizen protests against the result of the presidential elections as well as complaints from opponents of electoral fraud and persecution, the National Electoral Council (CNE) ratified the re-election of Nicolas Maduro.
He CNE issued a second bulletin on the election results in which it indicated that it had counted 96.87% of the voting records from polling stations across the country, without showing them.
According to the new figures, they gave victory to Maduro with 51.95% of the votes against 43.18% of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Almost a week before the elections in Venezuela, the website of CNE where the results of the minutes could be seen, continues to fall.
Nicolás Maduro claims that Elon Musk hacked the electoral system
On Friday, Maduro said that the reports have not been submitted because Elon Musk hacked the CNE system, so he created a commission to deal with the situation with the help of Russian and Chinese advisors.
The CNE systems were subject to “massive cyber attacks from different parts of the world” that “delayed the transmission of the minutes and the process of disclosing the results,” he said.
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Vente Venezuela headquarters raided in Caracas
The same day that the CNE ratified Maduro’s reelection, the offices of the opposition party Come Venezuela were attacked by hooded men.
They caused damage and stole documents and equipment.
Maria Corina Machadoleader of the Venezuelan opposition, denounced on social media that six men with their faces covered and without identification entered the party headquarters at 3 a.m. in eastern Venezuela. Caracasafter subduing the guards.
The men sprayed graffiti on walls, broke doors and stole equipment and documents, Vente Venezuela said, without providing further details.
Authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
The attack occurred after the publication of an article written by María Corina Machado, in which she claims that she and her team are in “clandestinity” due to threats from the regime.
The article was published by The Wall Street Journal.
US recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as winner of Venezuelan elections
USA recognized González Urrutia as the winner of the Venezuelan elections, given the irregularities in the electoral process and the lack of transparency.
The Venezuelan opposition claims to have 80% of the votes, which showed a wide advantage for the opposition candidate.
The figures were shared in a “Comando Venezuela” websitewhich include the digitalized minutes of each table.
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2024-08-08 00:32:57
