- Manuel Adorni, presidential spokesman for the Argentine government, said that Venezuela is “getting closer to recovering full democracy” | Main photo: Télam
On July 26, Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said that Venezuela is “getting ever closer to regaining full democracy” and reiterated his desire for citizens to express themselves through voting on Sunday, July 28.
The official spoke at his usual press conference at the Casa Rosada (headquarters of the Argentine government) about the Argentine Executive’s commitment “to electoral transparency, human rights and freedom of expression.”
Adorni said that “the eyes of the world will be on Venezuela” to observe the development of the elections in the country.
The spokesman expressed his “astonishment and dismay” at the decision of the government of Nicolás Maduro to revoke the invitation for former Argentine President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) will travel to Venezuela to serve as an international observer in the elections.
Revocation of Alberto Fernández’s invitation
Fernández, who had been invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to be observer at the presidential elections On July 28, he said in a radio interview that he wanted Venezuela to have a “transparent” electoral process.
“What I want is for there to be a transparent election, what Venezuela needs is to recover its democratic coexistence and those who are wandering around the world, because they left the country for whatever reason, can return,” said the former president in an interview for the Argentine radio station. Radio With Voice on July 23rd.
At that time, Alberto Fernández assured that his role in Venezuela is not to legalize any candidate, but to fulfill the task for which he was invited to be an electoral observer.
In the interview, Fernandez said he agreed with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva on what the Venezuelan president should do if he loses the presidential election: accept the voters’ decision.
On July 24, the former Argentine president announced that he will not travel to Venezuela for the presidential elections on July 28 due to a decision by Nicolás Maduro’s government.
“Yesterday, the Venezuelan national government informed me of its desire that I not travel to Venezuela and that I desist from fulfilling the task that had been entrusted to me by the CNE,” he stated on his X account.
The former Argentine president said he did not understand the discontent generated in the Venezuelan government. He recalled that he only said that in a democracy when the people cast their vote, “the one who wins, wins and the one who loses, loses,” and that if the government were eventually defeated, it should accept the popular verdict, as should the opposition if it loses.
“Given the unusual demand, I thought it appropriate not to travel and not give rise to accusations of wanting to cloud a crucial election day, when I was only trying to fulfill the task of an election observer,” he said.
Fernández recalled that an electoral observer must monitor compliance with the established rules throughout the electoral process, in an objective, impartial and transparent manner.
“That was my only goal. I would have liked to be able to do it, but I feel that in the current context I will not be able to fully accomplish that task,” he lamented.
Brazil and Colombia will not send observers to the elections in Venezuela
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Brazil, as well as the government of Colombia, announced on July 24 that They will not send observers to the presidential elections In Venezuela.
“In the face of false statements against Brazilian electronic voting machines, which, contrary to what Venezuelan authorities claim, are auditable and secure, the Superior Electoral Tribunal will not send technicians to respond to a request made by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of that country to monitor Sunday’s elections,” the TSE said in a statement.
The Brazilian body said it does not accept that, internally or externally, through statements or acts that disrespect the fairness of the Brazilian electoral process, “the seriousness and integrity of the elections” and of electronic voting machines in Brazil are undermined.
The journalist of Blue RadioRicardo Ospina, reported through his X account that Colombia formally cancelled the commission that the Colombian Foreign Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, had requested to go to Venezuela.
With information from EFE
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2024-07-27 09:24:58
