Lula and Macron say that the veto of Corina Yoris’ candidacy in Venezuela is “serious” and “without explanation”

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvastated this Thursday that the impediments to the registration of Corina Yoris’ opposition candidacy in Venezuela It is “serious” and has no “political or legal” explanation.

“I don’t want anything better or worse for VenezuelaI want the elections to be held as in Brazilwith the participation of everyone”, said the president in a joint audience with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macronon an official visit to Brazil.

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At the Planalto Palace, the progressive leader He recalled that he met with the Venezuelan head of state and candidate for re-election, Nicolás Maduro, in addition to recent international summits and I told him that “the most important thing was to restore normality and not have problems in the electoral process”.

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (right), and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, sign bilateral agreements this Thursday in Brasília. (EFE/André Borges). (André Borges/)

In this regard, Lula highlighted that the controversial disqualification of María Corina Machado, winner of the opposition primaries held last year, did not represent an “aggravating factor” for the conduct of the elections in Venezuela.scheduled for July 28th.

“They also banned me from being a candidate When I came first in the polls (in 2018, when I was arrested for corruption convictions that were later overturned), what did I do? “I nominated another candidate and we lost the elections, something that is part of the democratic process”, explained the progressive leader. Brazilian.

However, he described it as “serious” that “the other candidate”, in reference to the Yorisan 80-year-old academic who has never acted in politics until now and who has no type of dispute with the courts, was unable to register his aspiration.

According to the Venezuelan opposition, it was the Venezuelan electoral authorities who prevented the registration of Yoris.

”It is something that caused damage (…) There is no legal or political explanation for prohibiting an opponent from being a candidate. All adversaries must be treated under the same conditions,” he noted.

For your part, Macron, who ended a three-day visit to Brazil this Thursday, also described the situation in Venezuela as “serious”. and warned that, in this context, the elections “cannot be considered democratic”.

“We strongly condemn the exclusion of the opposition candidate. Thus, the situation has deteriorated”, said the French head of state.

Source: Elcomercio