Minutes presented by the Carter Center reaffirm the EU’s position on not recognizing Maduro

The High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, stated this Thursday that the electoral records of Venezuela presented by the Carter Center They reaffirm the European Union in its position of not recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the democratically elected president of Venezuela.

The Carter Center, a US organization that was an electoral observer in the Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28, showed on Wednesday before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) alleged original voting records that would give victory to the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia. , who is in Spain waiting for asylum.

At a press conference, Borrell explained that he learned about the presentation of the minutes shown by the Carter Center through the media.

However, He stressed that it is a prestigious institution, and that if he presents documents that claim to be the electoral records “they will be”, since he does not believe that he presents something that does not faithfully correspond to reality.

Until now, he recalled, there were records presented by the opposition up to almost 80% of the census, and they reflected a result similar to that of the Carter Center.

«These minutes, together with those presented by the opposition, They reflect a result that we have always pointed out, that Maduro did not win the elections and the opposition leader who is currently a refugee in Spain won them.“he added in reference to Edmundo González, who will participate this Friday in the Spanish political reflection forum La Toja – Vínculo Atlántico, which has awarded Borrell for his career.

Borrell took advantage of his intervention to once again thank the Spanish government for its efforts so that González could leave Venezuela and move to Spain, where he arrived on September 8 to request asylum.