Nicolás Maduro is set to begin a third six-year term as President of Venezuela despite serious questions surrounding the validity of last year's election. Opponents claim the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, won, citing evidence from electronic voting machines. Maduro's inauguration is met with controversy due to the government's lack of transparency in handling the election results.
The doubts stem from the government’s lack of transparency in handling and announcing the results of the presidential election., when the ruling party-controlled congress hosts a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro , despite serious doubts about the validity of last year’s official election results.
González has said he intends to be in Caracas on Friday, but he has not explained how he intends to do so or what his plans are upon arrival.Why are there doubts about who should be sworn in as president? Yet, the opposition collected tally sheets from 80% of the nation’s electronic voting machines, posted them online and said the detailed vote records showed González won the election with twice as many votes as Maduro.
Whether people will protest against Maduro on Friday remains to be seen since the government’s post-election repression campaign, including the arrests of more than 2,000 people, has had a chilling effect. And even if opposition supporters decide to demonstrate, it is unclear who would lead them.On Sunday, opposition stalwart Maria Corina Machado urged supporters to demonstrate on Thursday across the country to push Maduro out of office.
Meanwhile, González remains away from Venezuela and opposition leaders who often accompanied him and Machado to campaign rallies were jailed after the election.Members of the National Assembly, ministers and Maduro’s close allies within Venezuela are expected to attend. Maduro has faced criticism for the election’s lack of transparency from dozens of countries, including neighboring Colombia and Brazil, whose leaders had been friendly toward him in practically all other matters. They even attempted to broker a peacemaking deal between his government and the opposition after the July vote. Neither country’s president will attend Friday’s ceremony and will instead send representatives.
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