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The Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) requested the verification of the electoral records in Venezuela. This, after the member countries failed to approve a resolution to demand this request.
“Demands an end to violence and an end to the government’s imprisonment of protesters,” the statement said. At the same time, it reiterates the need for verification of voting records of the process of July 28, 2024,” the Secretariat said.
He also called for “the appointment of a commission of experts in the multilateral system to begin verification immediately.”
“The five-day delay in the publication of the electoral records (Venezuela) is the longest in the history of the region,” he added.
Requests to the electoral body of Venezuela
Along these lines, the Secretariat pointed out that “since the only available minutes are those made public by Venezuelan electoral actors,” considers necessary and fundamental that there is a verification with the available material.
In addition, he requests that until such time as “government and official actors (of Venezuela) can produce their own.”
This comes after member countries rejected a resolution calling for “immediate reporting of voting results from each polling station.”
They also called for a “thorough verification of the results in the presence of independent observer organisations.”
The vote on the resolution on the elections in Venezuela ended with 17 votes in favour and eleven abstentions. Among these, the most notable were those from Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia.
There were also zero votes against and five countries were absent, including Mexico and Venezuela. However, an absolute majority is needed to approve the text.
Venezuela held elections on Sunday in which, according to the ruling party, Nicolás Maduro won with just over 51% of the votes. Much of the international community has expressed doubts about the legality of the results and the opposition claims victory for its candidate, Edmundo González.