In statements to the media, the Colombian vice chancellor, Jorge Rojas, stated that Colombia will not recognize the electoral results in Venezueladue to the doubts generated in the process.
“We are concerned about the transparency of that process. We do not recognize a specific result, but Colombia maintains relations with Venezuela“said the official.
Likewise, the diplomatic said that “Colombia maintains relations with Venezuela, I believe that the culture of relations of closing the borders did not work, or achieved the objectives that had been set and that we sought to maintain, within the framework of Latin American integration, links with Venezuela“.
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Furthermore, the vice chancellor added that they will continue to insist on the defense of human rights in the neighboring country: “We are going to continue demanding that human rights be respected, that the opposition be respected and that guarantees be given. We are having a dialogue with the Government of Venezuela and with the opposition, because as the president has said, we need a dialogue for political peace in Venezuela“.
🚨Vice Chancellor Jorge Rojas affirmed that Colombia will not recognize the results of the elections in Venezuela. However, he clarified that they will maintain “bilateral relations and the good neighbor policy.”
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This confirms the position that the national government took, as President Gustavo Petro announced in recent days to : “We remain at one point, if there is no presentation of minutes there is no recognition […] The process prior to the elections was erroneous”.
Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro have maintained a cordial binational relationship.
“You have an opposition that feels like the government, but is not in the government; Now a government that did not let the minutes be seen cannot legitimize the elections, but that is in the government, and two positions that are absolutely polarized and distanced“, he pointed out Peter.
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Furthermore, on December 2, the chancellor, Luis Gilberto Murillosaid that “President Petro has been very clear: we are not going to recognize the results until those doubts are dispelled, which has not been done and should have been done according to the Venezuelan legal system on August 28.“.
Similarly, Murillo maintained that the Colombian government “respects the principle of sovereignty and independence of states. We are going to continue working and it is something that Venezuelans must resolve. But there are serious doubts of legitimacy and legality that have to be dispelled, and that can only be done with what Colombia has been demanding.”
VALENTINA DELGADILLO ABELLO
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