2024-08-05 15:01 update: 2024-08-05, 15:07
Maria Corina Machado. Photo EPA/Miguel Gutierrez
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition Marina Corina Machado has thanked Poland and seven other EU countries for the appeal to the government in Caracas to make the July 28 presidential election protocols results public.
When the government in Venezuela announced that Nicolas Maduro won the presidential election, the opposition believed that the elections were rigged and that the real winner was the opposition leader Edmondo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Machado thanked Poland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, and Germany for an "important message" that confirms their "commitment to democracy".
The heads of state or governments of seven EU countries in a joint statement, called on the Venezuelan government to immediately publish all election protocols in an effort to guarantee the clarity and integrity of the election process.
The Venezuelan National Election Committee (CNE) announced on Friday that Nicolas Maduro had obtained 52 percent of the votes with the opposition candidate Edmondo Gonzalez Urrita receiving 43 percent.
Meanwhile, according to Machado, her associates managed to get a hold of documents which proved that the winner was Gonzalez Urrita with 73.2 percent support.
Since the election results were published, there have been anti-government protests ongoing in Venezuela, with Foro Penal, an NGO organization, claiming 21 people died and more than 100 were injured. (PAP)
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