2024-07-31 11:40:19
Nicolas Madurofirst president of Venezuelahe asked apologies to the group of former presidents, congressmen and former parliamentarians, invited by the Opposition party to observe the elections, who were denied entry into the country.
At a meeting with international observers invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE)Maduro said:
“I apologize because in Spain, in Mexico, in Panama they were upset with Venezuela because we sent those people back. I apologize for having sent (Vicente) Fox back to Mexico, and Mireya Moscoso back to Panama, people were very angry in Panama and in Spain.”
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The affected
Last Friday, July 26, political figures from different countries, including the former president of Mexico, Vicente Foxcomplained that the Venezuelan government did not allow them to enter their country by order of President Nicolás Maduro.
THE FEAR OF A TYRANT IS NOTICED IN HIS ACTIONS, BUT WE WILL REMAIN STRONG @MariaCorinaYA FREE VENEZUELA pic.twitter.com/HYnLSvyHUZ
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) July 26, 2024
Los former governors, deputies and former parliamentarians They were unable to travel on the Copa Airlines plane that would take them from Panama to Venezuela to observe the electoral processsince Venezuelan authorities did not allow takeoff.
Other former presidents were on the plane, such as Marta Lucia Ramirezformer vice president of Colombia during the mandate of Iván Duque; All Quirogaformer president of Bolivia; Mireya Moscosoformer president of Panama and Eduardo Quirosformer presidential candidate of Panama.
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Diez Members of Congress and MEPs of the Spanish People’s Party (PP) They reported that they were deported from Venezuela, as were two parliamentarians from Colombia and Ecuador, and the invitations of an observer mission from the European Union.
Alberto Fernandezformer Argentine president, had been invited by the CNE as an electoral observer; however, the same organization informed him that he should not travel to the country because he was not considered impartial.
Days before, Fernandez made statements in which he stated that if Maduro lost the elections, “what he has to do is accept.”
The reasons
God given haira Chavista leader, had declared that the people who were denied access to the country would not be received because they were not invited by the electoral authority.
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According to Maduro, the CNE only invited 910 observers from 100 countries.
“There is a law here and the law is respected,” said the president, who insisted that the results will “be recognized and respected by the entire Republic.”
Nicolás Maduro’s rival in the elections is the diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia74 years old, representative of the leader Maria Corina Machadowho was disqualified from running in the elections.
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2024-07-31 11:40:19