In a joint statement issued on August 23 this year, the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay They categorically rejected the recent statement of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela. where he announced the completion of the verification of the results of the electoral process of July 28, which were made public by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and in which “victory” of Nicolas Maduro.

Governments felt the review was not supported and questioned the legitimacy of the results.

The signatory countries recalled that they had already expressed ignorance of the validity of the CNE declaration, claiming that “opposition representatives were not given access to the official vote count, The protocol was not published and an impartial and independent investigation was denied.”

In this regard, they indicated that the situation raises “deep concerns” regarding the transparency of the electoral process.

The statement also cited the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which warned of “lack of independence and impartiality of both CNE and TSJ.”

The governments reiterated that “only an impartial and independent audit of the votes, assessing all the protocols, will ensure respect for the sovereign popular will and democracy in Venezuela.”

The signatory countries expressed “deep concern and rejection of human rights violations committed against citizens who peacefully demand respect for their citizens’ voices and the restoration of democracy.”

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They stressed that they will continue to insist on respect for the sovereign expression of the Venezuelan people, who spoke out peacefully and decisively on July 28.

Luz Meli Reyes, director and co-founder of Venezuelan digital media Effect Cocuyo, defended the veracity of the protocols published online by the Venezuelan opposition, saying it is impossible to falsify the protocols because they have a QR code that guarantees their legitimacy.