Maduro on European observers: "They are spies sent to tarnish our elections"
The report of the EU emissaries affirmed the tricks carried out by Chavismo during twenty years of mandate
Nicolás Maduro has responded to complaints from Europe and the Spanish government about the absence of conditions to vote in the elections on Sunday, November 21.
He has done so with strong statements against the Electoral Observation Mission sent by the European Union: "They came as enemies, a group of spies" to "corrupt" the elections.
Nicolás Maduro, in his surprise visit to Cuba, assured that the first report by the Portuguese MEP Isabel Santos tried to generate opinions, which sought to discredit the electoral process in Venezuela.
"They tried to generate opinions and matrices to stain the process, they were deployed throughout the country spying on social, economic and political life. But the truth was already known in the world, since in Venezuela there were free, transparent elections and Chavismo devastated"; said.
The EU report, "the real stamp of the process", as on the verge of tears, Santos described these elections, and pointed out the electoral traps that Chavismo has used during twenty years of government.
Among these electoral traps, the statement adds the unavoidable use of state assets for Chavista aspirants, and the absence of judicial autonomy.
Likewise, the non-existence of the rule of law, the use of administrative channels to politically disqualify adversaries, aggression and mistreatment of observers and also the murder of a voter on the outskirts of a polling station.
The Spanish government published a report that noted the absence of "democratic expectations" based on the Santos report.
Chavismo tried to balance European observers with the international allies of the "revolution." At the head was the former president of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, along with Juan Carlos Monedero, creator of Podemos, and the socialist MEP Manu Pineda.
A week later, the drama continues
Despite winning 19 of the 23 governorships and 63% of the mayoralties due to the abstention of the opposition, the Bolivarian revolution has shown the world part of what it hoped to hide. A week after the elections, the winner Freddy Superlano has not been announced in the state of Barinas.
In Caracas, yesterday the National Electoral Council was expected to announce the triumph of the head of Popular Will in the Chavista stronghold, the party of the acting president Juan Guaidó, and of the former political leader Leopoldo López.
Barinas has been territory controlled by the Chavez family for twenty years. The last three minutes, to finalize the victory of Superlano, were in the hands of a general of the National Guard who refused to deliver them.
In addition, several political leaders, including a mayor, were captured by Sebin, just as there have been city halls that have been looted by supporters of the Maduro government.
Also, the newly elected governor of the state of Zulia, Manuel Rosales, has had administrative powers taken away.