On July 26, the rector indicated that if there is no political agreement, many Venezuelans will not be able to vote in countries like the United States
This Friday, August 5, the rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE)Enrique Márquez, reported that the formal request to begin the discussion of a regulation that regulates and facilitates the exercise of suffrage by Venezuelans abroad.
Through your account Twitterthe rector specified that this set of rules will facilitate the exercise of the right contemplated by the Constitution for nationals living outside the country.
«Yesterday, at the «Women in Politics» meeting, the need to give legal status to gender equity in popularly elected positions was raised. I support this fair initiative in the historical struggle of Venezuelan women,” said Márquez.
At risk, vote abroad
On July 26, Enrique Márquez indicated that if there is no political agreement, many Venezuelans will not be able to vote in countries that do not have consular relations with Venezuela, as is the case with the United States.
“Countries, like Colombia, which have 35% of the Venezuelan diaspora, if diplomatic relations between the two countries are not restored, those people cannot vote. The same thing happens with States”, explained Márquez.
For his part, the former legal consultant to the National Electoral Council (CNE) and co-editor of the pdraft regulation for the exercise of the right to vote from abroad by the Electoral Technical Volunteer (VOTE), Celiz Mendoza, proposed that Venezuelans abroad vote electronically.
Mendoza explained that the project has its origin in the Organic Law of Electoral Processes, which establishes that the system of electoral registration, voting, scrutiny and totalization in the country are automated.
“The CNE is in default with the right to vote of citizens who are abroad. If the system is automated, there cannot be that inequality where some vote manually and others automatically,” said Mendoza.
He pointed out that the fact that relations with some countries where Venezuelans live are not in forceis not an impediment to automation.
Celiz Mendoza explained that two years to go until 2024so that there is time to do the work.
*With information from UR