Venezuela opposition says them, not the president Nicolás Maduro won sundays presidential election. Despite the hurdles, the fight continues to find a way to power.
Opposition leaders say they have counted about 90% of the votes. Under electoral law, it was supposed to be transmitted to witnesses during voting count showing that their candidate Edmundo Gonzalez received more than twice as many votes as Maduro did.
Nevertheless, OPEC member statesCurrent President declares victory as he accuses protestors of being anarchistic The country widely interpreted this as an act of rebellion by its populace. this elections commission This is what the opposition calls itself but did not release details about how members voted.
Two anonymous opposition sources said their focus is now on urging government to publish all these numbers. They didn’t tell what would be done by them.
Alternatively, opposition could make peace talks or seek escalation of foreign pressure through protests against administration.
However those efforts are believed by analysts not likely to bear any fruits at all.
“The challenge is huge”, Oswaldo Ramirez from ORC Consultores in Caracas said. “For example, the opposition needs to prove that it has statistics and send them out of Venezuela for corroboration”.
Even if it does something what will happen next? Over years Maduro dismissed anti-western campaigns and sanctions in spite of using China, Russia, Cuba and others who were against United States for support.
These wave resulted in hundreds of deaths in 2014, 2017 and 2019 but still could not overthrow Maduro.
Since Monday there have been at least eleven deaths countrywide due to demonstrations. Also two security personnel died according to officials from government
Witnesses for Reuters in some towns saw encounters between security forces opposing demonstrators in addition to gangs of motorcyclists linked with ruling party attacking protesters in groups…
Some members among opposition hope that large scale urban marches will test army’s loyalty towards country Though both have generally been loyal to Maduro.
Maria Corina Machado, a leading opposition figure barred from public office, and González have both said military should respect election results.
However the defense minister for Maduro, General Vladimir Padrino López the only senior military officer to speak publicly has also called it a coup attempt and pledged to “defeat” it.
Maduro’s government claims that it has engaged in dialogue on many occasions but the opposition says that conversations are only held with genuine friends of Maduro.
“The odds are not great,” said Carmen Beatriz Fernandez of Caracas-based analytics firm Datastrategia regarding the possibility of government agreeing to a negotiated transfer of power.
Because the government still refuses to release numbers, “it seems like this will be the worst path for itself and its people,” she added.
Will they announce voting results?
On Monday morning Venezuela’s National Council reported that 51% of participants had voted for reelection of Maduro but no figures from individual ballot boxes were provided neither was their website available.
Opposition, EU, US Brazil and Chile have urged government to provide polling station counts across country totaling 30 000 boxes.
According to a Brazilian official, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed Venezuelan elections on the phone on Tuesday regarding and agreed that they would wait for vote count before taking their stands.
Lula said Venezuela must publish the vote count to “resolve the dispute” prior to Maduro’s victory.
“We need stronger action from the international community”, says Ms. Figuera, an exiled opposition lawmaker speaking from Madrid.
“What we should do right now is to put our eyes on Venezuela as a world and use some of those institutions which we have that will make Nicolás Maduro look more naked in this fraud he has unfortunately exposed himself thus far,” she said.
“If it is confirmed with a full count that Gonzalez’s votes outnumber those of Maduro in absolute terms, ‘it will be hard to hide in the medium term’, warns Consultores (21) pollster Saul Cabrera.”
