“Happy Holidays,” the sign behind Maduro when he voted: a premonition?

President Nicolás Maduro got up early to exercise his right to vote in Venezuela’s elections, before other people eligible to go to those polling stations. were able to enter. Many did not let the sign behind him pass when he voted: “Happy holidays.”

“’Happy Holidays’, Maduro’s jacket is a torn, dismembered 7-star flag, and he went out early to vote, alone. It may be the last photo of the dictator in public”commented a user on social media.

“Have a happy holiday Maduro”; It can’t be that Maduro went to vote and the sign behind him says ‘happy holidays!’ I cry 😂”; “Maduro voted with a sign behind him that says ‘Happy Holidays’ 😂 NOOOOOO WAY 👋🏼Goodbye tyrant, goodbye,” read other messages.

Maduro, 61, who has been president since 2013, said when voting on Sunday that “whatever the electoral referee says will be recognized, and not only recognized, but defended,” referring to the pro-government National Electoral Council. “I recognize and will recognize the electoral referee, the official bulletins, and I will ensure that they are respected.”

The highly controversial politician is seeking a third six-year term when the country is just emerging from an acute economic and humanitarian crisis that has shrunk the Gross Domestic Product by 80% in 10 years and forced more than seven million people to flee. His rival is the diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, 74 years old, until recently unknown, who represents the charismatic and popular opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is prevented from running due to a political disqualification.