European Union and 22 countries demanded this Friday the “immediate publication of all original protocols” of the July 28 elections in Venezuela and an “impartial and independent” verification of the results of these elections, in which the National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro the winner, according to a statement signed in Santo Domingo.

“Any delay” in this verification, “preferably by an international organization, to guarantee respect for the will of the Venezuelan people expressed in the elections,” casts doubt on the results officially published on August 2refers to the text read by Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez at the presidential palace in Santo Domingo, along with the signatories of the declaration.

In the text, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United Kingdom, Suriname, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and the European Union (EU) make “a strong call for common sense and sanity in Venezuela.”

“At this crucial moment for Venezuela and the region, all social and political actors must exercise maximum restraint in their public actions.”

In addition, the document calls for respect for “democratic principlesas well as the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Venezuelans, and in particular the right to demonstrate peacefully and exercise freedom of expression,” which “is not the current reality in Venezuela. Reports of arbitrary detentions of Venezuelans without due process are alarming, and we therefore demand their immediate release.”

They also express their “deep rejection for the repression of protesters and for the violence that cost the lives of many Venezuelans in the post-election period.”

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For this reason, they “urge the Venezuelan authorities Stop the violence and release all detaineesincluding representatives of the opposition,” while demanding that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights be allowed to return to the country under appropriate conditions so that it can fulfill its mandate.

They also request that, as a State party to the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum, issue passes This will allow the six asylum seekers remaining in the official residence of Argentina to leave Venezuelan territory safely.

“He the moment requires a broad dialogue“To promote, in an inclusive and good faith manner, a political agreement that will promote national reconciliation, peace, public security and democracy in Venezuela,” the signatories add.

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They therefore undertake to “support all efforts in this regard, always advocating for a truly Venezuelan solution in which democracy, justice, peace and security prevail.”

This declaration is issued in Santo Domingo in accordance with the presence of numerous leaders in this city and representatives of countries and institutions from around the world who attended this Friday the inauguration of Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader for his second and final term.

On July 31, 17 governments voted in favor of the Organization of American States (OAS) resolution that asked Venezuelan authorities to “immediately” publish the election protocolbut this initiative was ultimately unsuccessful.

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay voted in favor of the resolution.EFE)