The electoral authority of Venezuela announced this Tuesday that he was withdrawing his invitation to the European Union to observe the presidential elections on July 28, after the bloc ratified individual sanctions against senior leaders of the government of Nicolas Maduro.
“Venezuela revokes and nullifies the invitation it sent to the European Union”Amoroso announced when reading a statement in which he reiterated his request for a “total uprising” of sanctions and “the cessation of the hostile position” of the European group.
In mid-May, the EU ratified sanctions against 50 officials, although it temporarily suspended that of Elvis Amoroso, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), who at the time called the measure a “blackmail”. Three other former directors of that institution were also beneficiaries.
The spokesman for the EU diplomatic service, Peter Stano, declared then that the decision to withdraw the sanction against Amoroso reaffirmed the “commitment and support (of that institution) to the good progress of the electoral process” and was looking “strengthen Venezuelan efforts towards inclusive and competitive presidential elections.”
But for Loving “It would be immoral to allow their participation knowing their neocolonialist and interventionist practices against Venezuela (…), their presence in such an important electoral process not being welcome.”
In addition to the EU, Caracas invited the Carter Center, the BRICS and the African Union in March to observe the elections.
Maduro will seek a third term that would project him to 18 years in power. His biggest adversary is Edmundo González Urrutia, appointed by the main opposition alliance on behalf of the disqualified leader María Corina Machado.
The EU sent a mission in 2021 for the last mayoral and gubernatorial elections, in which it identified considerable improvements in the voting system, as well as irregularities. His presence ended abruptly after Maduro branded them as “enemies” and “spies”.
The European bloc did not announce whether it was going to accept Caracas’ invitation, although it had already sent advance parties that held preparatory meetings with the CNE.
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Source: Gestion
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