The opposition’s tally sheets “leave no room for doubt” that Edmundo González Urrutia “is the elected president of Venezuela,” María Corina Machado said.
14ymedio/EFE, Havana/Caracas/Madrid/Santiago de Chile, 4 August 2024 — Opposition leader María Corina Machado thanked Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal this Sunday for their “commitment to democracy” in Venezuela, after they signed a joint statement in which they ask Maduro to publish all the voting results of the July 28 presidential election.
“We call on the Venezuelan authorities to publish all the voting minutes without delay in order to guarantee the full transparency and integrity of the electoral process,” reads the document published by European countries this Saturday.
In response, in a message on her X account, Machado supported the demand of European countries that the votes be verified as soon as possible, “at the international and independent level,” in view of the fact that “the regime did not do it within the deadlines established by law.” The largest anti-chavista coalition, the Democratic United Platform (PUD), on the other hand, has made public the proceedings that demonstrate the triumph of its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia.
En nombre de los venezolanos, agradezco este importante comunicado conjunto de los gobiernos de Italia, Francia, Alemania, Países Bajos, España, Polonia y Portugal, reafirmando su compromiso con la democracia en Venezuela.
Los datos que hemos presentado a los venezolanos y al… https://t.co/MbeoVJjYoq
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) August 4, 2024
Machado insisted that the voting records held by the opposition “leave no room for doubt” that González Urrutia “is the president-elect of Venezuela,” since they represent more than 80% of the votes and are available at resultadosconvzla.com for anyone to consult. This despite the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) procla