In a statement on Wednesday Nicolas Madurowho holds the highest office in Venezuela since 2013, declared that Sunday's elections were held lawfully.
– I am ready to present documents from 100% of electoral commissions – said Nicolas Maduro, accusing the leaders of the democratic opposition, Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, of wanting to illegally seize power.
Venezuela. Accusations of election fraud. Maduro wants to reveal protocols
On Wednesday, Machado said her colleagues had obtained files from the electoral commissions that showed that President Maduro rigged the electionsShe added that opposition candidate Gonzalez Urrutia won the election with 73.2 percent of support, so anti-government forces “can only negotiate with Maduro for a peaceful takeover of power.”
Francisco Santos, a former Colombian vice president who supports the Venezuelan opposition, announced on Wednesday that he obtained confidential information about preparation for Cuba using Chin Venezuelan ballots intended to confirm Maduro's election victory.
Independent Venezuelan media reported that on Wednesday, 1,000 people arrived at the airport in Caracas. four unplanned flights from CubaCommentators are wondering whether the machines were carrying the tampered ballots Santos spoke of.
Venezuelan presidential elections. People took to the streets
On Monday, after the authorities announced Maduro's victory, opponents of the regime took to the streets of Venezuelan cities en masse, accusing him of rigging the voting results.
Demonstrations were met with brutal repression by security officers subordinate to Maduro.
According to information provided by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, Maduro's officers have killed at least 16 participants of anti-government demonstrations since Monday, 171 arrested.
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