2023-10-27 03:15:00
The Venezuelan opposition assured that the agreement reached with the regime establishes the authorization of María Corina Machado (EFE)
The head of the opposition delegation for dialogue with the Venezuelan regime, Gerardo Blyde, assured this Thursday that the winner of the opposition primaries, María Corina Machado, must be qualified for the 2024 presidential elections, as agreed by the parties in Barbados.
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This measure applies not only to the leader of Vente Venezuela but to “any candidate for the presidency” who is under this provision that prevents him from aspiring to elected positions.
Blyde explained in a statement that last week’s pact establishes “with the principle of constitutional speed, a procedure – whether administrative or judicial – through which any candidate for the presidency who is subject to an administrative disqualification must have his or her status respected.” constitutional right and rehabilitate it.”
Blyde explained that the opposition primaries are protected by the electoral guarantees agreement (REUTERS)
To do this, “a commission will be created that will determine what will be the procedure to follow to quickly produce” the cessation of this provision announced by the regime on the most influential opponents to keep them off the political board for the next few years. .
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In that sense, Blyde referred to Maduro’s attempts to sabotage the primary elections last weekend and their results, and added that the process “is protected” by this same agreement of electoral guarantees since it establishes that ” The parties recognize the right of each political actor to select their candidate for the presidential elections freely and in accordance with the internal mechanisms they wish.”
This Wednesday, the official Prosecutor’s Office began a criminal investigation into the primaries, alleging “fraud” in the 2.3 million votes. To this end, Attorney General Tarek William Saab appointed two criminal investigators specialized in “organized crime” and identification and immigration matters.
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“There are thousands of examples of complaints that reflected the total fraud that was carried out there, mocking the will of those who wanted to bet on this process,” said Saab about Machado’s victory, with 92% of the votes.
Tarek William Saab ordered a criminal investigation into the primaries alleging “fraud” in the 2.3 million votes (EFE)
Thus, the Prosecutor’s Office suggests crimes in at least four aspects: usurpation of functions, identity theft, money laundering and association to commit a crime.
Now, both the president of the National Primary Commission, Jesús María Casal, and his deputy, Mildred Camero, and the 24 heads of the regional boards will be summoned “in the coming days” to “appear and respond for these irregularities.”
Immediately, the Democratic Unitary Platform of Venezuela repudiated these actions and warned about the regime’s attempts to “make invisible” the result of the primaries.
“We categorically reject any attempt by the regime to make invisible the will of a people who, determined to change, came out peacefully and en masse to vote,” the group said on its social networks while the UN asked the ruling party to respect political and electoral rights in the country. country.
“The Secretary General (…) calls on all authorities to guarantee full adherence to and respect for the political and electoral rights of their citizens and reiterates his call to implement in good faith the partial agreement on the promotion of political and electoral rights. electoral guarantees for all, signed in Barbados,” said a spokesperson for the organization.
The Democratic Unitary Platform and the UN urged the regime not to make invisible the will of the millions of Venezuelans and respect their rights (EFE)
After hearing this news, Blyde said, for his part, that Chavismo is using points of this pact, which have no direct relationship with the issue, to attack the opposition elections.
“I don’t think they expected that level of participation. They are reading conditions agreed upon between the parties for electoral processes such as the presidential election, as if they had signed for the primaries and that is not true. It is not normal for an internal process protected by an agreement to be judicialized. This could pose a serious problem for compliance with the agreement,” she said.
“We will complain to the verification and monitoring commission, in a forceful manner,” he concluded.
(With information from EFE)
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