Maduro affirms that he will be sworn in as president on January 10

Nicolás Maduro affirmed this Saturday that he will be sworn in as president of Venezuela for the period 2025-2031, next January 10, as established by the Constitution. This after the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed him the winner of the July 28 elections, a result questioned inside and outside the country.

“On January 10, President Nicolás Maduro Moros will be sworn in with the people in the streets, by the millions, as the Constitution mandates.” This was stated by the president in a demonstration that celebrated his controversial re-election in the state of La Guaira.

Maduro dismissed that next January the standard bearer of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), Edmundo González Urrutia, is sworn in as the next president of Venezuela, despite the opposition’s claims of electoral “fraud.”

«The Constitution is exhaustive and says that the president proclaimed by the corresponding organizations, in this case the Electoral Branch, and ratified by the expert audit of 100% of the (voting) minutes, carried out by the Electoral Chamber (of the Supreme Court of Justice), will be sworn in on January 10″, he added.

What happened in the Venezuelan presidential elections?

The National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro as the winner of the presidential elections on July 28, despite the fact that, to date, it has not published the disaggregated results, as contemplated in the official schedule.

The ruling party also relies on a ruling from the Supreme Court – chaired by Chavista Caryslia Rodríguez – that validated the CNE announcement, while the opposition bases its claim on “83.5% of the minutes” collected by witnesses and polling station members. , which reflect – he insists – the triumph of González Urrutia, exiled in Spain since September 8.

Meanwhile, most of the international community has insisted that the CNE must publish the disaggregated results that confirm Maduro’s re-election.