{"id":183272,"date":"2024-07-23T16:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avozdocerrado.com\/?p=183272"},"modified":"2024-07-23T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:46:47","slug":"lula-asks-maduro-to-respect-the-election-result-in-venezuela-we-will-respect-and-celebrate-caracas-replied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avozdocerrado.com\/?p=183272","title":{"rendered":"Lula asks Maduro to respect the election result in Venezuela; ‘We will respect and celebrate,’ Caracas replied"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brasil de Fato<\/p>\n

President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva called for the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections<\/a>, scheduled for Sunday (28), to be widely respected so that the country can \u201creturn to normality.” The statements were made in an interview with international news agencies Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP, EFE, AP,<\/em> and Xinhua<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told [Nicol\u00e1s] Maduro that the only possibility for Venezuela to return to normality is for there to be a widely respected electoral process<\/a>,\u201d Lula said, according to AFP<\/em>. “Maduro has to learn that when you win, you stay [in power]. When you lose, you leave. You leave and get ready to contest another election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hours later, the Brazilian president’s statements were refuted by the president of the Venezuelan parliament, Jorge Rodr\u00edguez. At a press conference, the Chavista politician was asked about Lula’s statements, which he claimed not to have read, but promised Venezuela\u2019s government will respect the election results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven’t read what Lula said, but how can we not respect the results if we\u2019re going to win [the elections]?\u201d asked Rodr\u00edguez, one of the country’s greatest political leaders, having served as Hugo Ch\u00e1vez’s vice president, mayor of Caracas and minister on several occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course we’re going to respect them [the results]. We’re going to celebrate them on the streets. Maduro will celebrate the results with his people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Elections and violence<\/p>\n

Last week, it was Jorge Rodr\u00edguez who tried to rectify a statement by Maduro that had negative repercussions in the world press. Last Thursday, during a campaign event, the Venezuelan president said that the government’s defeat could lead to instability and violence provoked \u201cby the fascists\u201d, stating that the country could fall into a \u201ccivil war\u201d and there could be \u201ca bloodbath\u201d if his government is defeated.<\/p>\n

\u201cVenezuela’s fate in the 21st century depends on our victory on July 28th. If you don’t want Venezuela to fall into a bloodbath, a fratricidal civil war, the product of the fascists, we must guarantee the greatest [electoral] success [ever], the greatest victory in the electoral history of our people,\u201d he said in a speech.<\/p>\n

The following day, Rodr\u00edguez justified Maduro’s speech and said that the possibility of a conflict emerging would be because, in case Maduro is defeated, the most extreme group of the opposition would persecute the Chavists. He also guaranteed that the government will recognize the election result and take to the streets to defend it \u201ceven with our own lives\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lula commented on these statements on Monday (22) when talking to international agencies and, according to AFP<\/em>, said he was \u201cshocked\u201d by Maduro’s remarks. \u201cWhoever loses the elections gets a votebath, not a bloodbath,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve already spoken to Maduro twice, […] and he knows that Venezuela’s only chance of returning to normality is to have an electoral process respected worldwide,\u201d said Lula. \u201cIf Maduro wants to contribute to resuming Venezuela\u2019s growth, bring back people who left the country, establish a state of economic growth, he has to respect the democratic process,\u201d said the Brazilian president.<\/p>\n

Lula also confirmed on Monday that his advisor on international affairs, Celso Amorim, and two representatives of Brazil\u2019s Supreme Electoral Court will travel to Venezuela to monitor next Sunday’s elections.<\/p>\n

Elections in Venezuela<\/p>\n

Venezuelans will vote on July 28 to choose their next president from among 10 candidates. Although electoral polls are not considered reliable in the country<\/a>, experts say they believe the race is close between the current president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and the opposition\u2019s Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia.<\/p>\n

In June, Urrutia was one of the two candidates who refused to sign a pledge to recognize election results. Last week, the opposition raised suspicions about the electoral system again, stating that it would only recognize the results of electoral zones it monitors.<\/p>\n

The Venezuelan electoral system, which combines electronic voting machines and paper ballot boxes, is considered one of the safest in the world by international organizations. The election results are expected to be announced on the evening of July 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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