European Union on elections in Venezuela: “The problems have been solved, people can vote with confidence”

Regional and local elections take place in Venezuela calmly, assured this Sunday the head of the electoral mission of the European Union (EU), Isabel Santos, about the elections marked by the return to the country of observers from the bloc after 15 years of absence.

“Everything is going smoothly,” the diplomat told reporters after visiting a school in a popular area of ​​Caracas.

Asked about the delays in the process, to which 21 of the 30 million inhabitants are summoned to elect 23 governors and 335 mayors, she maintained that “the problems have been solved, people can vote calmly.”

“Until now, issues that have been resolved in one way or another, but they are things that we will address later,” said Santos, who will offer a report on November 23.

Santos did not comment on what Maduro said

On the eve of the elections, the president Nicolas Maduro ironized about the role of the EU in Venezuela and noted that they are not empowered to deliver a verdict on the elections.

“Can any international observer in any country in the world give a verdict on the validity of a genuinely national and sovereign process of a country? No, so you get off that cloud, European Union commission, ”the president launched on Saturday during a ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace with other international observers.

Santos, however, declined to comment on Maduro’s remarks. “I do not say anything about those things, I respect all the Venezuelan authorities, I cannot comment,” he stressed.

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