Laura Poy and Alonso Urrutia
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, August 15, 2024, p. 26
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted that Mexico will not accept the loaded to define its position on the electoral process in Venezuela. We will wait for the electoral bodies to decide.because those who participate in an election know that There are rules, there is electoral legislation and electoral bodies..
In a conference at the National Palace he pointed out that there is a regrouping of the right-wing movement around the presidential election in Venezuela, and stressed that the Organization of American States (OAS) It is yet to be decided that one of the candidates won, even wanting to get us to participateafter reiterating that Mexico will wait for the electoral body to decide.
He recalled that less than 48 hours before the election day, which took place on July 28, and without the official results being presented, comes out [Antony] Blinken, head of the State Department, to say that one of the candidates had won, and the next day those from the OAS come out to say the same thing, and all the countries begin to demonstrate.
López Obrador stressed that this Friday the Venezuelan electoral court “will decide, and we will see what they decide. And then we will see the evidence, the minutes, everything, but not in a ‘charge’ way.”
He even cited the example of Pope Francis, who was also asked for an opinion. “Expecting him to join in condemning the current authorities in Venezuela, he said: ‘We must wait for the results of the electoral authority,’ and as we argued with the president [Luiz Inacio] Lula and the president [Gustavo] Petro, let there be no violence. And that call has helped, because there is still confrontation, but the violence is not out of control.”
Despite taking a measured stance, he said, They go after him, because what they wanted was the sentenceHe stressed that we are not in any electoral body in Venezuela. This is a matter for Venezuelans and we want a peaceful solution to the disputes.