Venezuela: They condemn the obstacles set up against election witnesses on the eve of the elections

Three opponents the most ancient Anti-Chavez Alliancethis Platform for Unity of Democracy (PUD)they reported on Tuesday that “obstacle” inside Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) system Recognizes the large number of certifications of witnesses who will oversee voting in next Sunday’s presidential election.

this Former Deputy Delsa Solorzano He said the CNE had implemented “different mechanisms” in the automated system to slow down the certification of 100% of witnesses.Progress on large-scale witness authentication has been hampered by systems that appear designed to slow the process.”, Solorzano said Anti-Chavez Juan Carlos Caldera, First Justice Party leadery Perkins Rocha, PUD Campaign Advisor.

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Solorzano explained,Confirm the identity of the witnesses one by one“PUD, according to the huge number,”It’s almost impossible”, so he asked CNE to “Solving technical problems”.

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Caldera condemned theWitnesses loaded and approved”, but when it goes to verify the system it says “There is no such witness”.Our call (…) is to correct this situation in the certification systemCaldera asked.

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Likewise, Rocha asked the electoral body to address the issue because “Witnesses are the qualified eyes of citizens”.

Uncertainty and threats

he President and re-election candidate Nicolás MaduroTrump, 61, who has been president since 2013 and is eager for a third six-year term, described the process as a choice between “peace and war” and said a victory for the opposition would translate into “Bloodbath”, a statement that triggered alarm in the region.

Its main competitors are Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawho represents Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machadowas unable to apply because she was not eligible. He promised with her that “reconciliation” and the return of millions of migrants fleeing the economic and humanitarian crisis.

(farther: María Corina Machado, the electoral phenomenon representing the Venezuelan opposition).

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There are 10 candidates: Maduro, Gonzalez and eight other minorities. The 74-year-old opponent had been an unknown until he was selected by the charismatic and popular Machado. Now he is the favorite in most polls. But uncertainty remains. Some even doubt whether the election will take place, or if Gonzalez, 74, will appear on the ballot.

About 21 of 30 million Venezuelans are on the voter rolleven though it is estimated that only 17 million people who are still in Venezuela and have not emigrated can vote. About seven million Venezuelans have fled the country in the past decade. The health and education systems are completely destroyed. The government blames theCriminal blockade,” referring to U.S. sanctions imposed after Maduro’s 2018 re-election that the United States considers fraudulent.

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Accept the results

he Former Argentine President Alberto Fernandez (2019-2023) on Tuesday urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to accept the democratic results in case he loses the country’s elections to be held on July 28, in which Fernandez will attend as an observer.

Fernandez’s statement came a day after Lula claimed that “scared” and threatened by Nicolás Maduro.

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