He Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected on Wednesday a resolution to demand transparency from the government of Venezuela on the disputed elections on Sunday, which gave victory to Nicolas Maduronot having achieved an absolute majority of its member states.
The draft proposal of the organization of 34 American countries received 17 votes in favor, zero against and 11 abstentions among the States that participated in the extraordinary meeting.
Five countries, including Venezuela, rejected the call.
Among those who abstained were Colombia and Brazil, who had asked Maduro’s government to publish the electoral records from Sunday to clarify any doubts about the elections.
The meeting began more than two and a half hours late due to disagreements over a phrase in the draft resolution, said Permanent Council President Ronald Sanders, without giving details.
The proposed text required, among other things, that the National Electoral Council (CNE) “immediately publish the results of the presidential elections at the level of each voting center” as well as “a comprehensive verification of the results in the presence of international observers to guarantee transparency, credibility and legitimacy” of the elections.
Maduro offered on Wednesday to hand over “100% of the minutes” electoral and assured that opposition leaders who denounce fraud “They should be behind bars.”
Opposition leaders María Corina Machado and her presidential candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, say they won the election and denounce an escalation of repression that has left at least 12 dead and dozens injured since Monday, as well as more than 1,000 detained, according to the government.
The 17 countries that voted in favor of the Permanent Council resolution were: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay.
And the 11 abstentions were Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
Source: Gestion
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