Prensa Latina and Sputnik
The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, July 27, 2024, p. 23
Caracas. The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Elvis Amoroso, said that everything is ready for tomorrow’s elections and for the people to be able to express their will in a sovereign manner.
Elections will be held on Sunday no matter whatsaid the senior official when formally welcoming –along with the other heads of electoral power– the national and international observers who will accompany the 31st elections in 25 years on July 28.
Amoroso stated that it is an honor for the Board of Directors of the CNE to have them in the Bolivarian Republic and considered them of great importance for Venezuela and the world because most of them participated in different processes.
He asserted that from the body he heads, one of the five powers established by the Constitution, We have done everything possible to ensure that this transparency is transmitted to each of the candidates, the political parties that are part of this process and to the local and foreign media..
The State, he reaffirmed, is prepared to counter any type of action, even those that go beyond simply expressing themselves rhetorically.
He commented on what We have had to go through so that this process is clean and we can guarantee the absolute will of the people..
In another order, the official denounced the smear campaign against the Venezuelan electoral referee through some media outlets and foreign governments that They try to hinder the electoral process. Amoroso pointed out that each of the activities established in the electoral schedule was carried out with transparency and with the participation of political groups and international observers.
The head of the CNE commented on the invitation issued by the Electoral Power to the 10 candidates participating in the electoral contest, in order to sign a document in which they commit to recognize the popular will expressed at the polls, two of whom did not participate. For his part, the vice president of the National Council, Carlos Quintero, presented the voting system to the international observers, and stressed that their presence in the country is extremely important, as it provides the possibility of learning about its operation.
Quintero said that the more than 600 observers who arrived in Caracas will have the opportunity to witness the installation of the polling stations throughout the country tomorrow.
He announced that to date the electoral schedule has been fulfilled by 86 percent. A total of 21 million 620 thousand 705 voters are called to the polls on Sunday, who will go to the 30 thousand 29 polling stations and more than 15 thousand tables enabled throughout the country.
Venezuela announced the closure of its land border crossings with Colombia, as part of a security operation called Plan República aimed at protecting the presidential elections, announced the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez.
From yesterday until Monday, the ban on carrying firearms, alcohol and public demonstrations will be suspended.
The FANB deployed more than 380,000 officers to ensure security at voting centers, as well as at national, regional and municipal electoral offices.