Fraud in Venezuela: Former foreign ministers vow Supreme Court approval of Maduro's re-election is “null and void”.

A dozen former Latin American foreign ministers made the pledge on Monday Supreme Court (TSJ) to support his controversial re-election Nicolás MaduroThe victory in the July 28 presidential election was accused of rigging by the majority opposition parties. “Invalid.”

In a joint statement, 12 former foreign ministers, including the Colombian MARIA ANGELA HOLQUINMexican Jorge Castaneda Or Chile Jose Miguel InsulzaThe Venezuelan Supreme Court promised “impartiality and independence”.

Together with that National Election Council (CNE) “has a role within the state's repressive machinery,” and therefore, their decision to ratify the election results favorable to Maduro is “unconstitutional and invalid.”

This group of former diplomats also asked the Venezuelan regime “Respect the sovereignty of the people as expressed in the referendum” and that segregated voting records be released so they are “subject to independent verification with international presence.”

This Monday, the CNE said it would abide by the Supreme Court's “ambiguous” decision and asked the agency to publish the already announced election result in its gazette.

The court, controlled by magistrates sympathetic to Chavismo, confirmed Maduro's victory in a judicial expert opinion, the details of which were not disclosed, and representatives of the main opposition coalition, Democratic United Platform (PUD), who reported the fraud.

PUD assures that its candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, He won the presidential election by a large margin, which is why he released “83.5% of the electoral records” collected by witnesses and polling station members on election day to bolster his claim, and asked the CNE for a good portion. International community to publish disaggregated results of elections as scheduled.

The TSJ said it received all the minutes confirming Maduro's victory from the CNE and decided to keep the matter “safe” even though regulations and tradition dictate that each center's election results must be published.

The CNE, for its part, has said it “respects” the TSJ's ruling. In a statement this Monday, he pointed out that the Supreme Court had certified the expert election documents “unobjectionably” and, therefore, “certainly confirmed” Maduro's victory. He also pointed out that the sentence confirms the “massive cyber attack” the electoral system suffered on voting day.

CNE, Regarding Chavismo, “Accept the decision and abide by the decree of the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court within the term of the law.” The opposition call is also supported by a large section of the international community, as it said in a statement that at no time did it specify the required release of the minutes.

(with information from EFE and EP)