Nicolás Maduro has proclaimed himself constitutional president of Venezuela, despite irregularities and accusations of fraud in the elections. presidential elections this Sunday in the country. “I assume the mandate of the people to be their president and lead our country to peace and prosperity,” Maduro said from the headquarters of the Electoral Commission.

While, the opposition Venezuela denounces that Maduro’s proclamation is the consummation of “a grotesque major robbery“, and argues that the unity candidate, Edmundo González, is the one who has won the presidential elections with 70% of the votes. However, the opposition is asking for calm, and for the disturbances experienced in different regions as the votes were being counted this Sunday not to be repeated. In addition, they have denounced that at least one opponent has been shot dead, and they have accused armed Chavista groups on motorcycles.

For his part, the president of Venezuela has denounced this Monday that a attempted coup d’état “of a fascist character”in relation to the questions about his re-election, which has been rejected by the majority opposition and a large part of the international community. “An attempt is being made to impose a coup d’état in Venezuela, once again, of a fascist and counterrevolutionary nature,” declared Maduro during the act of proclamation as re-elected president, at the headquarters of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas.

In this sense, Maduro has expressed that this is “the same movie” and “with a “similar script” to the one experienced -he assured- in 2019in which “the protagonists” are “the same”, on the one hand, “the people who want peace” and, on the other hand, the “elites filled with a counterrevolutionary, fascist project, tied to the American empire.”

Thus, the Venezuelan politician has stressed that “the first failed steps are being taken to destabilize Venezuela” and to impose “once again” a “blanket of aggression and damage,” a “kind of movie (Juan) Guaidó 2.0”in reference to the period in which the opposition declared himself “president in charge” of the country, a “mandate” – recognized by fifty countries – that he was never able to exercise, due to his lack of institutions and real power.

“I tell the conspirators, those involved and those who support this operation against Venezuelan democracy that we already know the story and this time there will not be any kind of weakness. This time in Venezuela will respect the Constitutionthe law will be respected and neither hatred, nor fascism, nor lies nor manipulation will prevail,” he stressed. According to the president, “the same extreme right, the same groups led by American imperialism, the same countries” are behind this coup plan.

This statement comes minutes after nine countries (Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Dominican Republic) They asked for an urgent meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address Venezuela’s election results. Other nations have also expressed concern over opposition allegations of fraud, while calling on authorities to ensure the transparency of the process and allow for a detailed vote count.

Only countries in the ex-communist orbit, such as Cuba, Russia and China, and some as controversial as Iran have directly congratulated Maduro, while many countries in America confesses to being “seriously concerned” for the irregularities reported. About one of them, the alleged hacking that paralyzed the vote count, the Attorney General of Venezuela gave more details a couple of hours ago, who assured that it came from southeastern Europe, the Balkans, and North Macedonia.