‘Euronews’ analyzes the mechanics of the Venezuelan electoral system after suspicions of fraud and the refusal of the National Electoral Council to publish the voting records that would give victory to Maduro, unlike what the opposition indicates.
After the Venezuelan elections last Sunday the country has entered a serious political and social crisis. The opposition does not believe the result offered by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
According to the highest electoral institution of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro would have been the winner of the elections. However, the formation of María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition, has possession of more than 70% of the minutes.
The opposition publishes the electoral records
According to the result of said official documents, published on the internet by the opposition party Vente Venezuelathe real winner of the elections would have been its candidate: Edmundo González Urrutia.
Voting station witnesses They took the official records with themsomething that allows Venezuelan Electoral Law in an exercise in favor of transparency. The problem is that these, as the Command With Venezuela, organized by the opposition to monitor the process, has shown, throw a result contrary to that published by the National Electoral Council.
Faced with these events, in addition to the opposition itself and thousands of citizens, numerous foreign countries, including Spain and the United States, They have asked the Government of Nicolás Maduro to make the minutes public that they would consider him the winner. This one refuses.
How does the electoral process work in Venezuela?
The Electoral Law of Venezuela offers democratic guarantees so that the process is fair. exist control mechanisms in the country so that the minutes of each voting station are reliable.
However, suspicion is raised by the Maduro’s refusal to publish them and for the victory that these would throw Edmundo González Urrutia, as published by the opposition.
The voting process in Venezuela It is, in fact, more complex than in other countries. It is a dynamic that consists of three different acts: the deposit of the electoral ballots in the ballot boxes, the counting and the verification of the result.
More of 11 million Venezuelans exercised their right to vote. To do so, they had to be registered on the electoral roll and have a fingerprint. The footprint aims verify the identity of each of the voters in order to avoid possible fraud.
Once the identity of the voter has been verified, they cast their votes in two simultaneous ways: electronically and on paper. First, through the digital voting machine. Later, in the urn.
Once this is done, the counting would begin. Although the official closing of the polling stations is at 6:00 p.m.; If there is someone in line to vote after that time, They should allow you to do so.
How are votes counted in Venezuela?
When all the electors of the table have cast their vote, the president of this The counting begins with a representative of the National Electoral Council. It is a public process that representatives can attend of the different parties as well as any other citizen.
The result on paper is compared with that of the machine, which sends it to the National Electoral Center table by table, printing a report from each of the tables reflecting the result. At the same time copies of the minutes are made for witnesses. These are the ones the opposition has.
Why is Venezuela’s electoral result unreliable?
Although the process has guarantees, The serious thing is that the result announced by the CNE does not coincide with what they indicate the minutes of the opposition. This is the reason why the party of María Corina Machado is denouncing fraud.
In an exclusive interview with ‘Euronews’, one of the electoral officials of Nicolás Maduro’s party (PSUV), denied the possibility of a new recount or an audit.
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The opposition, threatened
In this context, the Command With Venezuela is denouncing persecution and harassment against him. This Friday they suffered a brutal attack at the national headquarters of María Corina Machado’s party.
Already during the campaign María Corina Machado suffered an attack and these days he has also denounced be being chased by alleged agents of the regime.
The opposition leader in exile and former MEP, Leopoldo Lopez Gilhe stated in an exclusive interview with ‘Euronews’ his concern for the physical integrity of both María Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzálezsince the Venezuelan Justice has issued a arrest warrant against them.
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