Venezuela elections 2021: “Unfair to speak of failure,” says Juan Guaidó after the defeat of the opposition

The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó He said on Monday that “it would be unfair” to label the defeat of the opposition in the regional elections, which gave a huge victory to the ruling Chavismo, a “failure”.

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The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) of the president Nicolas Maduro it swept on Sunday, winning in Caracas and 18 of 23 disputed governorships in this process that marked the return of the main opposition parties, which won three.

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According to the latest data from National Electoral Council (CNE)Two other governorates remain to be defined, although preliminary results assign them to Chavismo.

“It would be unfair to speak of an electoral failure” in a “Supposed choice that was not such”, declared Guaidó, who abstained in these elections as in the previous two – the 2018 presidential elections and the 2020 legislative elections – considering that there were no conditions to participate.

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The opposition in fact called “absolutely flawed” and “clearly unequal” the electoral process on Sunday, despite the presence of international observers after years of absence, one of the conditions most demanded by the opposition.

Guaidó -recognized as president in charge of the country by fifty nations, although in practice territorial control is in the hands of President Nicolás Maduro- he highlighted the “evident need for unification” as a “reflection of what happened yesterday” .

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“It is an event that should lead us to more unity, a sincere unity“, He pointed out amid divisions and internal confrontations with other leaders who reject the figure of the” interim government “that he heads.

“It’s time to open your arms”, the leader remarked, highlighting that the opposition sectors have “weeks” discussing the “reconstruction of the democratic alternative.”

The opposition, weakened and fragmented, won in three states with the return of its main parties to the polls, after three years of boycott and calls for abstention.

“Those who managed to snatch (positions) from the dictatorship is a feat (…), my respects”, exclaimed Guaidó.

The regional elections were presented as a new starting point both for Maduro, who is seeking the lifting of international sanctions, and for the opposition, which returned to the electoral route with its sights set on a “transparent” presidential election in 2024, although the next year he has the option of a referendum to revoke the president’s mandate.

The electoral authorities offered this Monday a second balance that shows a participation of 42.26% of the 21 million voters called to vote. So far the full balance has not been offered.

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