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AMLO does not support Lula’s new election plan
AMLO said: “Our only request is that everything be resolved peacefully.”
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Thursday that he does not share the idea of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that Venezuela should hold new elections to escape the current crisis.
“Let’s see what the court decides,” AMLO said of the case filed by President Nicolas Maduro with the Supreme Court. “I think it’s unwise for us outsiders, no matter which government, to give our opinion on issues that should be resolved by Venezuelans,” he added during his daily morning meeting.
Lula said in a radio interview that Maduro knew he should explain to the world the fact that he declared victory without documents to back it up, and that Brazil was working with Mexico and Colombia to find a solution. But AMLO said he had not spoken to the Brazilian leader after a meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on August 1.
“We will wait for the decision of the country’s electoral bodies and we will proceed with caution,” AMLO insisted. “From the beginning of this matter, it was clear that there was a very biased attitude,” he added, recalling that the Mexican constitution prohibits interference in the affairs of other countries.
“We don’t support any party. What we want is for the election results to be announced and for the competent authorities in the place where the election took place to decide if there are disagreements, and there are certainly other situations. Our only request is that everything be resolved peacefully without violence,” Lopez Obrador stressed.
Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena discussed the Venezuela crisis with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. She also told Blinken in a call that Mexico would await “the outcome of the Supreme Court of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and ensure transparency of the election results by the competent authorities,” according to a statement.
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