Lula da Silva's advisor, Celso Amorim, stressed that elections in Venezuela must be repeated.

Lula da Silva's advisor, Celso Amorim, stressed that elections in Venezuela must be repeated.
FILE – Election officials count votes after polls close during Venezuela's presidential election, in Caracas, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Lula da Silva's main advisor on international issues. Celso AmorimHe reiterated that the solution to the crisis is in Venezuela What he suggests Brazil It is a repeat of the elections in the Caribbean nation. The veteran diplomat stressed that it is necessary to confront the situation with imagination.

“Dialogue is important,” Amorim said in an interview. “There is a very deep division.” CNN.

The Brazilian diplomat said he had expressed to Jorge Rodriguez, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, the importance of obtaining the minutes and that he had replied that their publication would be a matter of days.

But due to refusal Maduro regime After the minutes were published, Amorim noted that it was necessary to resort to imagination to try to resolve the conflict in Venezuela. “It is necessary to have imagination and tolerance on both sides, because this is a very serious problem. It is not just about who won the elections,” the diplomat stressed.

Amorim said there seemed to be “a need for real national reconciliation.” “It’s possible; it happened in Northern Ireland, for example. Why can’t it happen in Venezuela?” But we need mediation measures from some countries that have good dialogue with both parties.He added.

Celso Amorim reiterated that elections in Venezuela must be repeated.

Regarding the possibility of holding new elections as a solution to the conflict, Amorim indicated that this could be an option, although it would not be sufficient and should be part of a broader package. In this regard, he noted that there must not only be guarantees of non-persecution and amnesty, but also guarantees of participation in the electoral process.

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“Dialogue is necessary, and in this dialogue there must be a package of measures. For example, As for accompanying the elections, the European Union would be a good entity.“Amorim commented.

Asked about the opposition, led by Maria Corina Machado, refusing to repeat the election, Amorim said he could understand when both sides claimed victory. Why not hold another election that would allow us to avoid the problems that tainted or are said to have tainted the election? “If he wins, won’t he win again?” the diplomat said.

President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ), Carcelia Beatriz Rodriguez Rodriguez, Endorsement of election fraud committed by the Nicolas Maduro regime in the presidential elections On July 28th.

This Thursday, the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, controlled by the regime of Nicolás Maduro, addressed the country to verify the fraud committed by Chavismo, after the alleged audit of the minutes of the presidential elections in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) carried out, and the Chavismo-controlled movement also declared the dictator the winner of the competition.

The judiciary confirmed that it would prosecute opposition leaders who published evidence that Edmundo González Urrutia had significantly exceeded dictation.p.

But so far, the electoral authority, the only body authorized to announce and display the election results, has not published the minutes proving Maduro's supposed victory.

The Supreme Court of Justice said in its ruling, which was read by the Chief Justice, that there was “Certifying the electoral materials and ratifying the results of the presidential elections of July 28, 2024 issued by the National Electoral Council in an indisputable manner.”Maduro was declared the winner.

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