G7 declaration reflects the magnitude of support for the struggle in Venezuela
The opposition leader of Venezuela María Corina Machado expressed this Tuesday that the G7 declaration, which recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as winner of the elections on July 28, compared to the controversial official result that gives Nicolás Maduro the winner but without showing the table-by-table minutes, as required by law, reflects the “magnitude” of international support for “the fight for democracy” in the country.
Through to “the efforts of regional partners to facilitate a democratic and peaceful transition” in Venezuela.
The G7 – said the opponent on the social network – has reaffirmed its call for “The democratic transition advances from the victory” by González Urrutia in the July 28 elections, whose results the National Electoral Council (CNE) has not yet published in a breakdown, despite the fact that it is established by the schedule approved by the institution for this process.
Today, the @G7made up of Italy, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Canada, through its foreign ministers meeting in Italy, has reaffirmed its call for the democratic transition to advance in Venezuela based on the victory of @EdmundoGU on the 28th of… https://t.co/7jDeR0Z4F4
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) November 26, 2024
The largest anti-Chavista coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – also considers the group’s statement as “strong support for the Venezuelan people and the expression of the popular will.”
«United we will achieve a peaceful transition in our nation and we have the growing support of the international community«, said the PUD in X.
G7 declaration and the response of the Maduro government
In the final statement At a G7 summit held in Italy, the group of the most industrialized democracies on the planet noted that on July 28, the Venezuelan people expressed themselves clearly at the polls, voting for democratic change and supporting” González Urrutia with “a significant majority.” ».
The seven countries demanded the release of unjustly detained political prisoners and they said they felt “deeply disturbed” by the “continuous violations and abuses of human rights suffered by the political opposition, civil society and independent media” in the country.
The Venezuelan government “categorically” rejected what it described as an “absurd” G7 declaration, and announced that it will review, in a “comprehensive manner,” its relations with each of these countries due to their “interference and arrogant attitude” that – it warned – “will not remain unanswered.”
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