After the overwhelming tests, it is clear to the United States, and especially for the Venezuelan people, that Edmundo González Urrutia won the majority of votes in Venezuela’s presidential elections on July 28, said the head of U.S. diplomacy, Antony Blinken.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference at the Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. EFE/Rolex de la Peña
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement in which he says Washington concludes, based on overwhelming evidence, that opponent Edmundo González was the winner of the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela.
Venezuelan electoral authorities announced on Sunday that, with 80 percent of scrutiny, the winner was with 51.2 percent of the votes Nicolás Maduro and since then they have not provided full scrutiny, which raised suspicions of U.S. fraud, which was cautious until he knew the data with all the details by polling station, which Caracas has not provided.
Overwhelmed tests in favor of González Urrutia’s victory in Venezuela
After the overwhelming tests, it is clear for the United States, and especially for the Venezuelan people, that Edmundo González Urrutia won the majority of votes in Venezuela’s presidential elections on July 28, Blinken said.
The United States called on the parties involved in the Venezuelan crisis to address a transitional process that respects the desire for the electoral outcome and said it will support a process of restoring democratic norms in Venezuela.
Earlier in the week the United States asked to know the minutes by table to pronounce and has been in contact with Brazil, something that crystallized in a call between the U.S. president, Joe Biden, and the Brazilian, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to ask for transparency and detailed results from the Maduro government.
Blinken announced that it is valid for the opposition’s scrutiny, led by María Corina Machado, which represents 80 percent of the polling stations and showing that González Urrutia received the majority of votes with an insurmountable margin.
The minutes corroborate the result in favour of the opposition
Blinken recalled that the minutes were re-ennered directly from polling stations throughout Venezuela – and corroborated the polls at the ballot box and the conclusions of independent observers and rapid counts.
Since the day of the election, we have consulted intensively with partners and allies around the world and, although each country has taken different paths to respond, none has concluded that Nicolas Maduro has received the majority of votes, concludes the head of American diplomacy.
Blinken recalled that the “fast” statement of the National Electoral Council (CNE) that gave Maduro victory on Sunday – he came without any evidence to support her – and the agency has not published disaggregated data and no record yet, despite international calls to do so.
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia call on Venezuela to publish the data disaggregated by table
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The Secretary of State pointed out that the observation mission of the Carter Center has dispossessed the results announced by the CNE of all credibility.
The Venezuelan opposition determined, on the basis of independently obtained minutes, that Edmundo González obtained about 70 percent of the votes, compared to about 30 percent of Maduro’s.