Dominican Republic reiterates to the CNE that it must deliver the minutes

The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, reiterated this Monday to the electoral body of Venezuela that it must deliver the minutes of the presidential elections held on July 28, “as requested by all countries that support democracy.”

Abinader, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, held the press conference in this city that he usually holds every Monday in Santo Domingo.

During his speech, the president insisted that his government supports the strengthening of democratic values ​​and that the region has demanded free and fair elections in Venezuela.

In the July elections, Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE) over opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, a decision that is questioned by the Dominican Republic, the United States, Spain and other countries.

“What the Venezuelan electoral body must do is deliver the (election) records as requested by all countries that support democracy,” Abinader told Dominican and Latin media in New York.

The president did not want to speak further on the subject, recommending that journalists wait for his “Wednesday speech” before the United Nations General Assembly.

The Dominican head of state has been involved in a series of accusations with Maduro and the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, over the elections and the confiscation by the United States of a Venezuelan government plane that was being repaired in the Dominican Republic.

Maduro went so far as to call Abinader a “thief” and Cabello reminded him that “we are the ones who have oil.” To this, the Dominican responded that his country has a more prosperous economy than Venezuela’s..