over 50 days after the July 28th presidential election
HAVANA TIMES – More than 50 days after the presidential election in Venezuela, and amid various political events in the meantime, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has yet to publish detailed results from the July 28 election, leaving unresolved doubts about what the vast majority of Venezuelans witnessed that day.
In the early hours of Monday, July 29, CNE President Elvis Amoroso announced that, according to their projections, Nicolas Maduro had secured re-election with 51.2% of the votes, compared to candidate Edmundo González Urrutia’s 44.2%.
Meanwhile by July 30, the opposition coalition led by Maria Corina Machado and candidate Edmundo Gonzalez had published over 80% of their official copies of the voting machine tally sheets obtained by poll workers and watchers. That detailed information is still accessible at https://resultadosconvzla.com/ and it shows Gonzalez with 67% of the votes to only 30% for Maduro.
On Friday, August 2, the electoral body issued a second bulletin, claiming that with almost 97% of the votes counted Maduro had obtained 51.95% (6,408,844 votes) compared to 43.18% (5,326,104 votes) for Gonzalez. However, the CNE has yet to present the supporting evidence for these numbers, such as the official tally sheets they have had since the night of the election or the detailed results broken down by voting centers, tables, and regions.
“The CNE still hasn’t published the Electoral Gazette, nor has it officially released the results of the 30,206 automated tally sheets from July 28. It also hasn’t outlined how to carry out the post-election audits that were suspended. The president of the N
