A top diplomat says Maduro has ‘not provided the necessary public evidence’ to prove he won the election.
The European Union’s top diplomat said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has still “not provided the necessary public evidence” to prove he was the winner of July’s elections, days after the country’s Supreme Court backed the government’s disputed claims of victory.
Mr Borrell’s comments came as the leaders of Brazil and Colombia also demanded the release of the tallies, saying on Saturday the “credibility of the electoral process can only be restored through the transparent publication of disaggregated and verifiable data”. Opposition volunteers managed to collect copies of voting tallies from 80% of the 30,000 polling booths nationwide that show former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won by a more than 2-to-1 margin.The Venezuelan government rejected Mr Borrell’s statements, calling them “interventionist”.
The Brazilian and Colombian leaders also called on actors in Venezuela to “avoid resorting to acts of violence and repression” as security forces arrested more than 2,000 people and cracked down on demonstrations that erupted spontaneously throughout the country protesting the results.The arrests have again spread fear in a country that has seen other government crackdowns during previous times of political turmoil.
The two leaders reiterated their willingness to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition.
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