Opposition and Chavismo mobilize one month before the presidential elections
The Venezuelan opposition protests this Wednesday in Caracas against the court ruling that validated the supposed victory of Nicolás Maduro in the elections held a month ago, while the Chavistas are mobilizing to celebrate the “victory” proclaimed by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
The main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), called its supporters to the streets One month after the elections in which, he insists, his candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, obtained the majority of votes.
«We Venezuelans find ourselves on the streets again. This August 28, as a family, with your children, with your grandchildren and with your record in hand, we confirm that the record kills the sentence.“said the PUD on August 24, when it announced the call for the protest.
Supporters of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attend a rally in Caracas – EFE/ Miguel Gutierrez
The platform invited Venezuelans to print the minutes corresponding to their voting center from a website where he claims to have published “83.5%” of these papers obtainedaccording to the opposition, through people who were witnesses and members of the table during the electoral day, documents that the government describes as “false.”
Meanwhile, Chavismo is responding today to the call of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela to celebrate in the streets the supposed re-election of Maduro, a victory questioned by a large part of the international community.
The first vice president of the party, Diosdado Cabello – appointed Minister of Interior and Justice on Tuesday – explained that the march is to celebrate Maduro’s “victory”, as well as to prepare for what is coming.
Supreme Court ruling on election results
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) – chaired by Chavista Caryslia Rodríguez – validated the results announced by the CNE, which grant Maduro a third consecutive term, until 2031.
The TSJ assumed the “validation” of the results at the request of Maduro, who filed an appeal that was never known and for which the 10 former candidates were summoned, although González Urrutia declined to attend, considering that this verification is not the responsibility of the Supreme Court, but of the CNE, which has not yet published the disaggregated data, despite the fact that it is contemplated in the schedule.
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