DR regrets OAS failure to ask Venezuela to publish meeting minutes AlMomento.net

Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez attends a meeting of the Council of the Organization of American States on Wednesday.

Santo Domingo, July 31. – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Alvarez, expressed “regret” for the failure of this Wednesday’s resolution presented by the Organization of American States (OAS) asking the Venezuelan authorities to immediately publish the minutes of the July 28 elections.

He expressed this during his remote intervention in the organization’s special session on the results of the Venezuelan elections, arguing that “the Permanent Council must act decisively to adopt a useful resolution that has not yet received sufficient support today.” . “This is unfortunate,” he said.

At a special meeting held in Washington, the resolution failed to gain an absolute majority of the Pan American Organization’s member states, with 17 votes in favor, 0 votes against, 11 abstentions and 5 absentees.

The text urged Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), which earlier on Monday declared victory for President Nicolas Maduro, a result rejected by the opposition and parts of the international community, to “immediately publish the results of the vote” at every polling station.

RD reiterates call on Venezuelan authorities to release minutes of meeting

Even so, Alvarez reiterated the Dominican government’s call on the Venezuelan authorities to publish in the next hours the records of last Sunday’s elections “so that independent actors can review them,” which is “a fundamental requirement” to qualify for the elections.

The minister expressed extreme concern about the conflicts arising from the electoral process, recalling that internationally “there are minimum standards for determining the legitimacy of a government.”

“In this case, while the international community cannot decide which country is the legitimate government, it can condition its recognition on compliance with standards such as electoral transparency,” he said.

Likewise, he said that “now is the time to insist on appealing to all parties to remain rational and reasonable, to desire a peaceful and true Venezuelan solution” and to “extend a hand of solidarity to Venezuela”, adding that it is “out of principle and gratitude” to the country with which the Dominican Republic has shared centuries of “fraternal ties”.

President Nicolás Maduro won the election with 704,114 votes, while the Democratic Unity Platform, the largest opposition group in Venezuela, guaranteed it an 85% vote record, which indicates his victory, according to CNE. Candidate González Urrutia won by a large margin thanks to documents verified by desk witnesses. Efe