Maduro appears before Venezuela’s Supreme Court to certify his re-election

Pedro Rances Matei / AFPNicolás Maduro was re-elected with 52% of the vote, compared to 43% for his rival Edmundo González Urrutia.

president Venezuela, Nicolas MaduroOn Friday (9), he will appear before the Supreme Court, which has requested the validation of his questionable re-election, amid growing international pressure to publish the transcript of the July 28 vote, which the opposition accuses of fraud. The hearing comes in response to a request made by Maduro last week to the Supreme Court of Justice, accused of serving Chavismo, to validate the elections through a process that academics and political leaders consider inadequate. “We want peace and tranquility, and that is why I have filed this controversial appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice. The hearings lasted two days, and all the candidates and all the parties were summoned. “It is my turn,” Maduro said Thursday in front of hundreds of his supporters during a demonstration in the capital. Caracas.

The Venezuelan president was re-elected with 52% of the vote against 43% for his rival Edmundo González Urrutia, but the National Electoral Council (CNE) did not release the details of the vote, claiming that the voting system had been hacked. The opposition denounced the fraud and claimed to have obtained 80% of the minutes proving the victory of González Urrutia, the secretive ambassador who represented opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after she was disqualified from holding public office.

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The announcement of the results sparked protests in the country, in which 24 people were killed, according to human rights organizations, and more than 2,200 were arrested, according to Maduro. Chavismo rejects the evidence presented by the opposition and classifies it as false. The United States, which recognized González Urrutia’s victory, the European Union – which requested “independent verification” of the electoral process – and Latin American countries, including Maduro’s allies such as Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, are demanding the release of the minutes. The Venezuelan president defends his victory and claims to have 100% of these records.

The president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, appeared before the Supreme Court on Monday and said he had submitted all the requested materials: the voting records from the electoral rolls, the final counting register and a copy of Maduro’s declaration. As announced by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Cariclia Rodríguez, the materials will be analyzed within a period of 15 days, which can be extended.

“vague”

The court summoned González Urrutia on Wednesday, but he did not attend the call, citing “absolute weakness” and “violation of due process” in a statement. For the director of the political consulting firm Logconultancy, Giulio Cellini, the legal process could be “a kind of ambush against Edmundo González.”

“We start from the fact that the judiciary is under the control of Maduro, as is the electoral authority (…) so what should be resolved at the administrative level, that is, in the National Electoral Council, is brought to the courts to try to resolve it.” to certify this victory,” highlighting the concern that the process is “vague.”

Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are making diplomatic efforts to find solutions to the crisis that erupted after the elections, and announced on Thursday that they were aware of the process in the Supreme Court of Justice, but insisted on the need to publish the electoral records.

The United States, which has warned Maduro of more international pressure if Machado and González Urrutia are arrested, is also seeking to give space to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico so they can “work and find a way forward,” U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Francisco Mora said Thursday.

Maduro, for his part, continues to denounce the “attack” and targets social media. The president, who claims to have stopped using WhatsApp, ordered the X app suspended for 10 days on Thursday.

*With information from Agence France-Presse
Posted by Carolina Ferreira