The European Union is not going to acknowledge the results of the presidential election in Venezuela with out the complete disclosure of the official voting document, Peter Stano, a spokesman for high EU diplomat Josep Borrell mentioned on Sunday.
“Any try to delay the complete publication of the official voting information will solely forged additional doubt on the credibility of the formally revealed outcomes,” Stano mentioned in a press release.
After the election on July 28, Venezuela’s electoral authority declared the authoritarian incumbent, President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in energy since 2013, the winner.
Nonetheless, the electoral authority has not but revealed the itemized outcomes of the person voting districts amidst allegations of electoral fraud.
The opposition is accusing the federal government of electoral fraud and is claiming victory for its candidate, Edmundo González.
Opposition teams have mentioned that their very own detailed voting outcomes from greater than 80% of constituencies in Venezuela point out that González obtained 67% of the votes and Maduro solely 30%.
Protests have met the electoral end in Venezuela and overseas and huge numbers of individuals took once more to the streets within the capital Caracas on Saturday to protest towards Maduro.
The EU calls on Venezuelan authorities to respect freedom of speech, meeting and human rights, Stano mentioned, and expressed “critical concern concerning the rising variety of arbitrary detentions and the continued harassment of the opposition.”
Many overseas governments had already refused to acknowledge Maduro’s re-election in 2018. Juan Guaidó, the then-parliamentary president, declared himself interim president.
The US, Germany and different international locations acknowledged Guaidó, however Maduro was in a position to retain the help of highly effective teams inside Venezuela, together with the army.
The armed forces have as soon as once more pledged their loyalty to Maduro.
