Opposition group calls for “holding accountability” for Nicolás Maduro

CARACAS (EFE).— Anti-Chavez leader María Corina Machado called on the international community to hold Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responsible for “the repression unleashed” in the Caribbean country, especially after the July 28 elections, according to the majority opposition, which considers the announced victory of the ruling party candidate in these elections fraudulent.

In X, María Corina reiterated that the standard-bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) —the largest opposition bloc—, Edmundo González Urrutia, “is the president-elect,” despite the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro the winner, which was validated by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), both institutions controlled by people close to Chavismo.

In this regard, the former deputy said that the international community must recognize the opposition’s victory and hold Maduro and his criminal regime responsible for the repression unleashed.

For its part, the European Union stated yesterday that the authorities in Caracas have not provided the “public evidence necessary” to declare Nicolás Maduro president of Venezuela, and that it will therefore recognise him as such until it has “complete and verifiable” results.

European Union pressure

The European Union is pushing for the publication and verification of the electoral records.

Necessary tests

The European Union’s top representative, Josep Borrell, said in a statement that, so far, the Venezuelan authorities “have not provided the necessary public evidence” to evaluate the results of the elections in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.

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