He UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterresasked for “full transparency” on the results this Monday presidential elections in venezuela on Sunday and expressed hope that the disputes “will be resolved peacefully.”

He also called on Venezuelan authorities to “publish the results and breakdown by electoral college in a timely manner.”

According to him National Electoral Council of Venezuelawhich declared President Nicolás Maduro, in power since 2013, the winner this Monday with 51.2% of the vote (5,150,092 ballots), while the candidate of the main opposition coalition, Edmundo González Urrutia, received 4,445,978 votes, representing 44.2% of the vote.

After learning the results, Gonzalez Urrutiawhose main supporter is the anti-Chavista leader Maria Corina Machadosaid “all the rules were broken” to the point that “most of the protocols have not yet been delivered.”

The UN Secretary General limited himself to “taking note of the statement” by the CNE, as well as “the concerns of some political figures and members of the international community,” hinting at the positions USAThe EU, many Latin American countries and Spain, among others, have expressed doubts about the election results.

Guterres called on Venezuela’s electoral authorities to “carry out their work independently and without interference” to “guarantee the free expression of the will” of Venezuelans.