Venezuelan Electoral Council accepts ruling that validates Maduro's victory

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The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 27, 2024, p. 32

Caracas. The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela yesterday complied with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) that confirmed, last week, the victory of President Nicolás Maduro in the elections of July 28.

The CNE stated in a statement that the TSJ certified in an unobjectionable manner the electoral material and, therefore, categorically validated Maduro’s victory; he also pointed out that the sentence confirms the massive cyber attack that the electoral system suffered on voting day.

The Venezuelan president accused the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, of attacking this South American nation and submitting to the interests of the United States.

Josep Borrell supports the Palestinian Holocaust, the Gaza massacre; he is complicit in the Gaza massacre and now he is aiming his rifles and cannons at VenezuelaMaduro said during his speech at the eleventh Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).

One of the five main directors of the CNE, Juan Carlos Delpino Boscán, denounced in a statement released in X irregularities during the electoral process; he also mentioned that Everything that happened before, during and after the presidential election highlights the seriousness of the lack of transparency and veracity of the announced results..

The AFP agency recalled that Delpino Boscán represented the opposition and is currently in hiding.

Diosdado Cabello, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), said that Delpino He left his post on July 28 and escaped to Bogotá, Colombia, to continue on to the United States.

Former opposition candidate Edmundo González did not appear in response to a summons from the Attorney General’s Office, which issued a new summons scheduled for today, for the publication of electoral data on the Internet, what the authorities consider a usurpation of functions.

“Please appear before this public prosecutor’s office (…) on August 27 at 10:00 a.m. in order to give an interview in relation to the facts that this office is investigating, related to the publication and maintenance” of the page called http://resultadosconvzla.com/.

The acts for which he was summoned to appear are the alleged commission of the crimes of usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, incitement to disobedience of the law, computer crimes, criminal association and conspiracythe prosecution detailed in a document that it published on its Instagram account.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that Venezuela is facing a rude discrediting campaignwhile the Spanish government asked for the minutes to be shown.

In an interview with Cadena Ser, the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, defended the clear position of his government. We will not recognize any election result if the minutes of all the tables are not displayed and can be verified by the opposition and independent organizations.Albares said.