▲ Fishermen and farmers demonstrated in support of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro yesterday in Caracas.Photo Xinhua
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The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, August 8, 2024, p. 27
Caracas. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, Caryslia Rodríguez, announced yesterday that Edmundo González Urrutia had disregarded a summons she had issued to him, but she refrained from announcing any judicial measures against the opposition candidate.
The country’s highest court, in response to an appeal by President Nicolás Maduro, this week summoned the 10 candidates and representatives of the running parties as part of a certification of the election results.
Rodriguez indicated that It is noted that González Urrutia has not appeared before the summonswhen more than an hour had passed since the time when the 74-year-old former diplomat was due to appear.
If I go to the electoral chamber (of the Supreme Court) in these conditions, I will be in absolute vulnerability due to defenselessness and violating due process, and I will put at risk not only my freedom, but also the will of the Venezuelan people expressed on July 28.explained González in X, who without evidence maintains that he won the presidency.
Representatives of the parties that supported González appeared yesterday at the hearing in the Supreme Court, which will have several sessions tomorrow, the day Maduro was summoned.
The National Electoral Council has not published the results of the elections and its website has been down since the early hours of July 29, citing a hackingalthough by law he has 30 days to publish them in the Electoral GazetteOnly two voting reports have been issued, but the international community is maintaining pressure for the release of the minutes.
The opposition published in https://resultadosconvenezuela.com copies of more than 80 percent of the minutes, which he claims prove his victory, but Chavismo dismisses the validity of these documents.
The Public Ministry initiated a criminal investigation against those responsible for the aforementioned portal for alleged falsification and forgery of records, incitement to disobedience to the law, computer crimes, association and conspiracyAttorney General Tarek William Saab posted on social network X.
Meanwhile, Chilean President Gabriel Boric said he has no doubt that the Maduro government tried commit fraud by not making the electoral records public. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino recognized González undisputed winner of the elections.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil replied on his X account that Boric His mask has definitely fallen, his Pinochet-style coup government is exposedby siding with the United States and the Argentine president, Javier Milei, to show their intentions against Venezuela.
The head of United States diplomacy, Antony Blinken, reiterated a few days ago before the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, that there are overwhelming evidence which confirm González’s victory, the State Department said yesterday.
Jennie Lincoln, chief of mission for the Carter Center, said that There is no evidence that Venezuela’s electoral system was the target of a cyber attack, as claimed by the CNE, the institution that invited the US organization to observe the elections.