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I have told the Electoral Chamber that I am willing to be summoned, interrogated ... investigated by the Electoral Chamber as the winning presidential candidate of Sunday's elections and as head of state; I am showing up, I am submitting to justice."
In remarks to the press upon leaving the court, Maduro said The electoral authority’s failure to announce disaggregated results by polling station constitutes a serious breach of electoral principles,
I ask Venezuelans to continue in peace, demanding that the result be respected and the tally sheets be published, ... This victory, which belongs to all of us, will unite us and reconcile us as a nation.”
The serious doubts that have arisen around the Venezuelan electoral process can lead its people to a deep violent polarization with serious consequences of permanent division,
Petro said Wednesday in a post on social media site X I invite the Venezuelan government to allow the elections to end in peace, allowing a transparent vote count, with the counting of votes, and with the supervision of all the political forces of its country and professional international supervision,
They should have been provided immediately, as in any democratic electoral process,
We’re not going to participate because we don’t agree with the attitude of partiality of the OAS,
added AMLO, who has previously been critical of the Washington D.C.-based organization and favored the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States as a forum for regional dialogue during his presidency So why go to a meeting like that? This is not serious, it is not responsible, it doesn’t help to find a peaceful, democratic way out of … [this] conflict,
I have information that Alicia Bárcena, the minister of foreign affairs, won’t participate in the OAS meeting [on Wednesday],
López Obrador told reporters at his morning press conference I believe proof [of the election results] should be presented, the voting records,
With this partial, unverifiable result, the CNE has proceeded to declare Nicolás Maduro the winner of the election. In a democracy, election results must be complete and independently verifiable in order to be recognised."
Joseph Borrell Fontelles, European Union foreign policy chief, said in a statement on Tuesday And we ask electoral representatives to immediately share all information with the opposition and independent observers,
We Venezuelans want peace and respect for the popular will,
Gonzalez said on Tuesday as thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of the capital Caracas and other parts of the country to protest the results The opposition must show it has the tallies and send them to other countries as proof,
he told the Reuters news agency In the limited number of polling centers they visited, Carter Center observer teams noted the desire of the Venezuelan people to participate in a democratic election process, as demonstrated through their active participation as polling staff, party witnesses, and citizen observers,
The announced results do not seem to reflect the real will of the Venezuelan people,
Tajani told lawmakers in the Italian lower house of parliament On the Maduro regime, I have always maintained a firm condemnation since I have held office in European institutions,
said Antonio Tajani, the leader of the centre-right Forza Italia party and a former president of the European Union parliament We call for maximum restraint and for a peaceful, democratic and Venezuelan-led solution,
That is an additional reason for not recognizing the results until they will be fully and independently verified,
he told reporters during a visit to Vietnam Any political repression or violence against protesters or of the opposition is obviously unacceptable."