The National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela for a third consecutive term, after apparently obtaining around 5.15 million votes (51.2%) and defeating the opposition candidate, Edmundo González.
In the face of the silence of the head of state, former vice president Marta Lucía Ramírez spoke with and warned that what happened in the neighboring country is a warning for Colombia, emphasizing that it would not be strange if the Cordoban were using the elections in Venezuela to see how he stays in power.
“I think it is a laboratory that they put into practice about four years ago. Let us remember that Maduro’s last election was completely illegitimate and rejected by the international community. They were waiting to see what would happen, and after three years everyone started to normalize and remove sanctions against the regime. “That was fatal,” he said.
Then he added: “They started this laboratory four years ago, when society normalized Maduro’s legitimate victory, and the United States itself made things easier for them by easing sanctions. The most serious thing is the lack of will of the international community to fight against these mafias.”
The former senator took advantage of the conversation with this media outlet to emphasize that it is unacceptable that President Petro has not referred to the elections in Venezuela, which were described as “fraudulent” by the opposition.
“We see a deliberate silence from the President of Colombia. Why doesn’t he reject a dictatorship? I don’t know if he has any kind of fear of Maduro. The silence is totally inexplicable. Petro cannot deny the evidence.” Ramirez sentenced in
Although he has not made an official statement, the current director of Prosperidad Social, Gustavo Bolívar, revealed this Monday what President Gustavo Petro’s initial position is regarding the results of the elections in the neighboring country. In addition, he pointed out that there is still no talk of electoral fraud.
“First, they have to recount the votes to be able to talk about fraud. If there is no vote-by-vote and table-by-table recount, it cannot be said that there was or was not fraud. The Colombian Foreign Ministry has already issued its position, and that is that, in order to ensure transparency, a recount of the votes must be guaranteed. which must be done in the presence of international delegates,” said the former congressman.
