Over Maduro’s controversial victory, 9 countries ask OAS for an urgent meeting: is Colombia in attendance?

The Governments of Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and the Dominican Republic expressed their deep concern about the development of the Venezuelan presidential elections. In a joint statement issued on Monday, the countries demand a full review of the election results and call for an urgent meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS).

The statement emphasizes the need for the presence of independent electoral observers to ensure respect for the will of the Venezuelan people, who participated massively and peacefully in the elections.

“The vote count must be transparent and the results must not leave any room for doubt,” the statement said.

Given the situation, the governments of these countries announced that they will request an urgent meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) with the aim of issuing a resolution that safeguards the popular will, within the framework of the Democratic Charter and the fundamental principles of democracy in the region.

This call to the OAS seeks to ensure that democratic values ​​are respected and a fair and transparent electoral process is guaranteed in Venezuela. The signatory countries consider the intervention of the OAS to be crucial in resolving the situation and maintaining democratic stability in the region.

The joint statement reflects growing international concern about the situation in Venezuela and the determination of these governments to take concrete measures to ensure that the will of the Venezuelan people is respected and that democratic principles prevail.

In its first report released early Monday morning, the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the winner with 51.20% of the votes, compared to 44.20% for opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, with 80% of the votes counted.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado said that the “new president-elect” is the candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) bloc, since, she said, with more than 40% of the votes transmitted by the electoral body, he obtained 70% of the votes, while Maduro obtained 30%.