Venezuela's Foreign Ministry Welcomes Observers for May 25 Elections

The Venezuelan deputy foreign minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, welcomed international observers arriving in Venezuela for the May 25 elections.

In a message posted on his social media on Thursday, May 22, Peña reported that he has already held fruitful meetings with:

Wasna Papai Danfa: member of the Political Bureau and special advisor to the president of the Guinean National People’s Assembly (ANP) of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
Konrad Sitarara: director of the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO) of Namibia.
Kevin Go: general secretary of the Congolese Communist Party (PCCO).
Scholastica Ephraim: president of organization of the Saint Lucia Labor Party.
Harun Armagan: vice president for Foreign Affairs of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Türkiye.
Rawashdeh Bassam Abdel Hamid Falah: Member of the Central Committee of the Jordanian Democratic People’s Party.

“To all of them we convey the greetings of President Nicolás Maduro Moros and the Venezuelan people, who raise the just and noble flags of humanity,” he said in his message.

Over 400 international observers will be present for the regional and legislative elections in Venezuela this Sunday, as reported by President Nicolás Maduro on his program Con Maduro Live De Repente on Thursday.

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President Maduro emphasized that Venezuela offers all guarantees for free and sovereign elections. The observers’ tasks include the verification of voting machines, logistics, and the conditions of the centers. The observers come from multilateral organizations, foreign parliaments, and allied political movements. In the president’s opinion, this guarantees the legitimacy and plurality of the observer missions.

He also highlighted that Venezuela’s electoral system is the best in the world, a legacy left by the late Tibisay Lucena, former president of the National Electoral Council (CNE).

Moreover, in the company of CNE members, President Maduro showed the voting process, step-by-step, highlighting its speed and security.

As reported earlier by Últimas Noticias, CNE Rector Conrado Pérez stated that the electoral body will carry out the accreditation process for the international observers on Saturday.

He added that this accreditation gives them the qualification to move around the voting centers. “They do not have to get involved in the process, but they can take note of any anomaly or irregularity that they consider may harm the transparency of the process.”

Pérez said that the CNE invited all non-governmental civil organizations that comply with the profile of national and international observers to witness the 32nd election held during the Chavista era.

(Últimas Noticias) by Odry Farnetano

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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