2024-07-29 16:57:38
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of He spoke out for the Venezuela elections 2024, and although He did not recognize the victory of Nicolás Maduro, nor did he disown it; below we tell you what did he say.
At today’s morning conference on July 29, AMLO was questioned about What is happening in the international community after the results of the Venezuela 2024 elections, which are unknown by more than 10 countries.
In this way, the president of Mexico explained that now will not give a positioning of the results in the electionsbut will wait until the counting and recounting of votes is complete to make a statement.
His words are given before the Latin American countries’ ignorance of Nicolás Maduro’s victoryas:
- Argentina
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Dominican Republic
In addition to the United States and the European Union, Spain has also called for a recount of the votes in the 2024 Venezuelan elections and a transparent process to confirm the results.
AMLO will not recognize Nicolás Maduro’s victory until after the recount
The President of Mexico announced that will not congratulate or recognize the victory of Nicolás Maduro until the votes of the Venezuela 2024 elections are finished counting.
AMLO said that the information from the National Electoral Council of Venezuela indicates that Nicolás Maduro has won the elections, with 80% of the votes counted, however, he will not yet congratulate the president.
According to the Mexican president, will wait until 100% of the votes have been counted and captured to make a statement on the matterguided by what the CNE issues.
This was initially stated, however, he later indicated that it will be until after the vote count and know the legal process to follow, due to the requirements of international countries.
“We will wait for the results once the recount has been carried out, see what the legal process is and then we will make a statement.”
AMLO
However, AMLO stated that if the Venezuelan electoral authority confirms the victory of Nicolás Maduro, the Mexican administration will recognize the government of the president of Venezuela, because “that’s how democracy is.”
AMLO celebrates that there was no violence in the Venezuela 2024 elections
AMLO also shared that His main concern was violence that could be triggered during the Venezuela 2024 elections, due to the “tense” situation that was going through.
However, he assured that There was no such violence in the elections on Sunday, July 28, for which he expressed his congratulations to all the people of Venezuela.
According to the Mexican president, incidents were only reported at the closing of the polling stations, but violence was “not a hallmark” of the election day as some people had expected.
“I want to congratulate all the people of Venezuela because there was no violence in the election yesterday, considering the very tense situation (…)
Things started to heat up when the polls closed, already at night, around 6 pm here, 8 pm there, that’s when it started, but all day I was following the social networks.”
AMLO
2024-07-29 16:57:38