He High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrellhas returned to Demand the publication of Venezuela’s electoral records and has warned that, in case of Nicolas Maduro insists on saying that he has won without being able to verify it, this country “could enter a serious crisis.”
“If Maduro insists on saying that he has won and does not want to understand that, for the international community, without verification “If there is no assumption of results, Venezuela could enter into a serious crisis. We are all trying to prevent this from happening,” said Borrell, who appeared before the media on Monday on the occasion of the course ‘Quo Vadis Europa?’ that he is leading this week at the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander.
The head of European diplomacy sees it “clear” that Maduro “refuses to show the minutes”“He should have done it already, he had time,” he added. He added that “if there is no verification of the results, the results cannot be accepted.”
“I know that Maduro has dedicated me very affectionate wordsit is not the first time, but I have to insist on the same thing. If the results cannot be verified, they cannot be accepted and, for the moment, they are not verifiable. Well, better said, they are through the information provided by the opposition,” he stressed, referring to the fact that the Venezuelan opposition has managed to gather “80% or more” of the minutes and they give a result “radically different from that proclaimed by Maduro.”
In addition, Borrell has described the “height of sarcasm” Maduro has appealed to the Supreme Court of Venezuela to “defend him.” He said, as reported by EFE: “I don’t know what the court will issue as a ruling because its function is not to count the election results.”
“Repression is intensifying”
The High Representative has called for a wait and see approach in the next daysalthough he added that There are more than 2,000 people detained and “the repression is intensified,” and he trusts that the international community maintain its demand for verification of results.
Asked about the talkshe explained that they are still ongoing and, “even, some Latin American countries have proposed repeating elections and sharing power between the Government and the opposition,” although he added that he does not know “how do you do that”.
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