- The opposition leader’s statement came minutes after the announcement of the results with an irreversible trend offered by the CNE
Opposition leader María Corina Machado spoke out from the Con Venezuela Campaign Command to reject the results issued in the first bulletin of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in the early hours of July 29.
“Venezuela has a new president-elect and it is Edmundo González Urrutia. We won and everyone knows it,” Machado said.
He added that they have more than 40% of the records that reflect the victory of the opposition candidate.
“We have 100% of the records issued by the CNE. All the information agrees that Edmundo González Urrutia obtained 70% of the votes,” said Machado.
Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia accompanied the opposition leader during her speech and then expressed his position.
“We Venezuelans know what happened in today’s election, all the rules were violated to the point that not all the voting records have been delivered yet,” said Gonzalez.
The candidate also reiterated his message of reconciliation and peaceful change and said he was convinced that the vast majority of Venezuelans also aspire to it.
“Our fight continues and we will not rest until the will of the Venezuelan people is respected,” added the candidate of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD).
The announcement was made minutes after the election results were announced by the president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, in which he named Nicolás Maduro elected with 5,150,092 million votes, which translates to 51.20% and an irreversible trend.
The opposition candidate, for his part, obtained 4,445,978 million votes, for a total of 42.2%, with 80% of the votes counted.
Petition to electoral witnesses
Machado also asked the members of the polling station and witnesses to continue sending minutes with which they can demonstrate the results they handle.
“In the coming days we will continue to announce the actions we will take to defend the truth, because we have said that until the end, it is until the end. And that will be when the truth and respect for popular sovereignty prevail,” said the leader.
He also requested that peace prevail during a civic celebration vigil so that all the figures from the polling stations could be obtained.
MUD Complaints
The opposition leader, Andrés Velásquez, pointed out The newspaper that after the “electoral blow” perpetrated by Nicolás Maduro in these elections, the epic of civil freedom that was seen during the last days of the campaign must be maintained.
“Maduro ignores what we know as the sacred popular will expressed in an electoral contest,” said Velásquez.
Philosopher Corina Yoris invites Venezuelans not to lose hope and remain at the polling stations.
“We have records in our hands that show that he triumphs and is on our side,” Yoris said. The newspaper.
Earlier, the executive secretary of the MUD, Omar Barboza, He denounced that they had only obtained 30% of the electoral records following the closure of voting centres in Venezuela.
“We have only obtained 30% of the records because we have not been allowed to have the rest (…) “We all know what happened today in Venezuela. The records we have at this moment do nothing but confirm what we saw in the streets” he said at a press conference at the Bejucal headquarters in Caracas.
Barboza asked Venezuelan authorities not to make a false step by announcing a winner without first verifying all the voting records.
“The records we have available only confirm what we saw on the street, which gives a result that should not be in doubt,” said the opposition leader.
Irregularities in the electoral process
During the elections on Sunday, July 28, in several entities of the country, there were reports irregularities and incidentsespecially in Caracas.
One of the most frequent incidents in the regions was the requirement to “scan” the identity card at the door of the voting centers in order to exercise the right to vote. The irregularity, according to reports on social networks, has been reported in Carabobo, Falcón and Zulia.
In some regions there were also delays in setting up the tables. Although the opening is scheduled for 6:00 am, in several centres they opened at approximately 7:30 am.
Some citizens have complained that the right to assisted voting has not been respected. At the Bustamante school in San Cristóbal, in the state of Táchira, voters have warned that they were prevented from attending with a family member and instead people with disabilities are being forced to vote with the president of the table.
Approximately 20 meters from the voting center at the Margot Mever Rangel School in San Bernardino, Caracas, the presence of a “red spot” was reported. There is also a low turnout of voters at that school.
There were also reports of the installation of “red points” in Antímano, San Bernardino and La Yaguara, in Caracas. In Charallave, Miranda state, it was also documented that people used a space to promote voting for the ruling party candidate for re-election, Nicolás Maduro.
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2024-07-29 13:02:57