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<h1 class="reader-title">International Electoral Accompaniment
Missions Declare May 20 Elections Free and Fair</h1>
<div class="credits reader-credits">By National Electoral
Council International Electoral Accompaniment Mission - May
31, 2018<br>
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<p>The more than 150 members of the
international electoral accompaniment
mission for the presidential and state
legislative council elections held this past
May 20 have published their four independent
reports.</p>
<p>Members included politicians, electoral
experts, academics, journalists, social
movement leaders and others.</p>
<h3>General Report</h3>
<p>This is the written by the mission as a
whole, which included representatives from
countries such as Russia, Palestine, China,
Spain, UK, Ireland, USA, Australia, Syria,
Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the
Philippines, Indonesia, France, Brazil,
Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile,
Surinam, Paraguay, Colombia, and Peru.</p>
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<p>We the international accompaniers
consider that the technical and
professional trustworthiness and
independence of the National Electoral
Council of Venezuela are uncontestable.</p>
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<p>Regarding the issue of the “red points,”
(party political logistical points which
opposition figures who has failed to
recognize the electoral results claim
influenced voters), the report states that:</p>
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<p>Tents set up in support of political
parties, known as “Red Points”, were
located within no less than 200 meters
from the polling stations we visited, as
stipulated in the Agreement on Voting
Assurances subscribed by the Government
and the Opposition.</p>
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<p>Read the full <a
href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/files/general_electoral_accompaniment_report_may_2018.pdf"
type="application/pdf; length=120297">General
Report here</a>.</p>
<h3>CEELA Report</h3>
<p>The Council of Electoral Experts of Latin
America (CEELA) is a grouping of electoral
technicians from across the continent, many
of whom have presided over their respective
electoral agencies.</p>
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<p>The process was successfully carried out
and that the will of the citizens, freely
expressed in ballot boxes, was
respected…the results communicated by the
National Electoral Council reflect the
will of the voters who decided to
participate in the electoral process.</p>
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<p>The CEELA accompanied not just the day of
elections of May 20, but each and every one
of the thirteen audits which the National
Electoral Council (CNE) carried out prior to
and posterior to it.</p>
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<p>From the technical – electoral point of
view, which characterizes the nature and
experience of CEELA members, we have to
highlight that in this process, the
electoral authority lead by the CNE
offered again all guarantees to the
political organizations, groups of voters
and citizens in general, through the
development of the different audit
activities that provided elements of
reliability and security.</p>
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<p>Read the full <a
href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/files/ceela_electoral_accompaniment_report_may_2018.pdf"
type="application/pdf; length=434640">CEELA
Report here</a>.</p>
<h3>African Report</h3>
<p>The African countries invited to Venezuela
this May included representatives from
Tunisia, South Africa, Ghana, Congo, Nigeria
and for the first time, the African Union.
This report is also signed by Anthony
Witherspoon, president of the Association of
Afro-American Mayors of the state of
Mississippi, USA as part of the African
Diaspora.</p>
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<p>Our general evaluation is that this was a
fair, free, and transparent expression of
the human right to vote and participate in
the electoral process by the Venezuelan
people, and that the results announced on
the night of May 20 are trustworthy due to
the comprehensive guarantees, audits, the
high tech nature of the electoral process,
and due to the thirteen audits carried out
previous to and on the day of elections
which we witnessed.</p>
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<p>We can also conclude that the Venezuelan
people who chose to participate in the
electoral process of May 20 were not
subject to any external pressures.</p>
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<p>As such, we implore the international
community to abide by international law
and the principals of self-determination
and recognize what we consider to be a
free, fair, fully transparent, and
sovereign election carried out in
Venezuela this past May 20.</p>
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<p>Read the full <a
href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/files/african_electoral_accompaniment_report_may_2018.pdf"
type="application/pdf; length=120978">African
Report here</a>.</p>
<h3>Caribbean Report</h3>
<p>Finally, there is the report elaborated by
representatives from St Vincent and the
Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica,
and Grenada in representation of the
Caribbean nations.</p>
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<p>The mission was satisfied that the
elections were conducted efficiently in a
fair and transparent manner. All of the
registered voters who wanted to exercise
their right to vote participated in a
peaceful and accommodating environment.
Based on the process observed, the mission
is satisfied that the results of the
elections reflect the will of the majority
of the voters in the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela.</p>
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<p>Read the full <a
href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/files/caribbean_electoral_accompaniment_report_may_2018.pdf"
type="application/pdf; length=131312">Caribbean
Report here</a>.</p>
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