2024-09-09 16:52:33
RC5 legislator Monica Palacios; Eduardo Franco Loor, former lawyer of Jorge Glas and alternate member of the CPCCS for the Correa-led Blue League; and Galo Chiriboga, former attorney general, are in Venezuela as electoral observers.
Venezuela again had international electoral observers in its presidential elections after 18 years, after an agreement was signed between the ruling party and the opposition in October 2023.
However, There have been reports of obstacles to the arrival of several observers.s who are not close to the Nicolás Maduro regime, for this Sunday, July 28.
Among them are guests from the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado.
Former Spanish Presidents Jose Maria Aznar and Mariano Rajoy; the Mexicans, Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon; the Colombians, Ivan Duque and Andres Pastrana; the Bolivians, Jeanine Añez and Jorge Quirogaand the Argentine, Mauricio Macri, were unable to arrive.
Both confirmed on social media their presence in Venezuela as observers, after being invited.
«In the face of the information malicious information circulating on social networks about alleged impediments to entering this country“I want to ask you not to fall for these falsehoods that only seek to harm this democratic process,” Palacios wrote in a post on his X account, accompanying a video in which he interviewed several people who are also observersalthough all those surveyed are also associated with the left.
For his part, Franco Loor posted photos with former and current members of the Venezuelan government, with Juan Carlos Monedero, former leader of the Spanish leftist party Podemos; and with Galo Chiribogaformer minister and attorney general of Ecuador during the government of Rafael Correa.
With them are also Ecuadorians Renzo Troncoso, who identifies himself as a member of the United Workers Front (FUT), and René Maugé, who was vice president of the defunct Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE). and deputy for the Communist Party and the Democratic Left.
Ana Galarza, Construye assembly member, and Iris Triviño, alternate legislator, They were also not allowed to enter Venezuela.they denounced on social media. They had indicated that they were attending as guests of the PUD.
According to the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), more than 600 observers will be present at the presidential elections. However, Not all credited actors have the same powers.
The Carter Center, an American NGO, indicated that its mission would be fulfilling “technical” observation functions, and which will not be able to carry out a thorough evaluation of the voting, counting and tabulationA panel of UN experts is in a similar situation, and their report will only be known to Antonio Guterres, the UN technical secretary general.
The team of national and international observers, although incomplete, will be responsible for verifying the development of the elections that will decide the continuation of Maduro’s presidency or the end of Chavista politics in Venezuela.