{"id":23580,"date":"2024-07-29T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23580"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:05:57","slug":"venezuelas-maduro-declared-winner-amid-allegations-of-election-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23580","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela\u2019s Maduro Declared Winner Amid Allegations of Election Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/newsghana.com.gh\/venezuelas-maduro-declared-winner-amid-allegations-of-election-fraud\/<\/p>\n

President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has secured victory in Venezuela\u2019s presidential election, as announced by the electoral council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Partial results indicate he received 51.20% of the vote, with 80% of ballots counted. His main rival garnered 44.02% of the vote.<\/p>\n

Elvis Amoroso, head of the National Electoral Council and a close ally of President Maduro, declared the results amidst allegations of widespread fraud from the opposition, which united behind candidate Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez to challenge Maduro\u2019s 11-year tenure.<\/p>\n

Addressing supporters in Caracas, Maduro hailed his re-election as a \u201ctriumph of peace and stability,\u201d lauding Venezuela\u2019s transparent election system. He dismissed opposition claims of fraud as routine objections.<\/p>\n

However, the United States expressed scepticism over the election outcome. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced concerns that the declared results may not reflect the will of the Venezuelan people.
\nCuba, a staunch ally of Maduro, supported the election outcome, stating that \u201cthe people spoke and the Revolution won.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opposition, deploying thousands of poll station witnesses across Venezuela, reported numerous instances where their representatives were allegedly forced out, hindering their ability to verify the vote count independently. They had urged supporters to monitor the vote-counting process vigilantly amid fears of government interference.<\/p>\n

Despite opinion polls favouring Gonz\u00e1lez, voters voiced a desire for change after 25 years under the Socialist PSUV party, initially led by late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and subsequently by Maduro.<\/p>\n

Critics have long accused the PSUV of consolidating control over Venezuela\u2019s government institutions, including the judiciary. The 2018 election was criticized as neither free nor fair, and similar concerns loomed over the recent polls.<\/p>\n

Maduro had earlier declared confidence in securing victory through any means necessary, further intensifying pre-election apprehensions.<\/p>\n

Venezuelan voting is electronic, with results transmitted to CNE headquarters electronically, while paper receipts are stored in ballot boxes. Despite legal provisions allowing party witnesses to monitor paper ballot tallies at polling stations, the opposition alleged restricted access to tally monitoring, citing oversight over less than a third of printed receipts.<\/p>\n

The opposition\u2019s strategy aimed to compare these tallies with CNE\u2019s official results to detect discrepancies.<\/p>\n

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https:\/\/newsghana.com.gh\/venezuelas-maduro-declared-winner-amid-allegations-of-election-fraud\/<\/p>

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