Carter Center believes elections were not democratic

The Carter Center, which specializes in observing elections in Venezuela, has concluded that the elections in the country were not democratic and do not meet international democratic standards.

He Carter Center, specialized in election observation, He mentioned that the process “did not fit” to the international parameters and standards of electoral integrity, which is why it “cannot be considered democratic.”

In light of this, the organization has mentioned that it has not been able to verify or corroborate the results declared by the National Electoral Council (CNE) which result in Nicolas Maduro As president of the country, however, they indicated that the fact that the country’s electoral authorities have not announced the results broken down by polling station, constitutes “A serious violation of electoral principles.”

«Venezuela’s electoral process did not meet international standards of electoral integrity at any stage and violated numerous provisions of its own national laws. The elections were held in an environment of restricted freedoms for political actors, civil society organizations and the media. Throughout the electoral process, the CNE demonstrated a clear bias in favor of the party in power»is displayed in its statement.

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After that, the ONG He also explained that the registration of parties and candidates “It has also failed to meet international standards.. «In recent years, several opposition parties have been re-registered by pro-government leaders. This influenced the nomination of some opposition candidates. It should be noted that the registration of candidates of the main opposition forces was subject to arbitrary decisions by the CNE, without respecting basic legal principles.”.

Accordingly, it has been noted that the electoral campaign has been affected by the “Unequal conditions between candidates”while the president’s campaign was “Well-funded and widely visible. “Throughout the campaign, there was an abuse of administrative resources in favor of the sitting president, including the use of government vehicles, public officials campaigning in the exercise of their official duties, and the use of social programs,” reported.