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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Venezuela’s Maduro Requests Supreme Court Review of Electoral Results</h1>
<span class="gmail-posted-by"> <a href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/guest-author/jose-luis-granados-ceja/">José Luis Granados Ceja</a> </span> <span class="gmail-posted-on"> July 31, 2024</span> </div><div class="gmail-header gmail-reader-header gmail-reader-show-element"><br></div><div class="gmail-header gmail-reader-header gmail-reader-show-element">Venezuelan
President Nicolás Maduro submits his petition for a review of the July
28 vote to the Supreme Court. (Prensa Presidencial)</div><div class="gmail-content"><div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div><p>Mexico City, Mexico, July 31, 2024 (<a href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/">venezuelanalysis.com</a>)
– Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro petitioned the country’s highest
court to conduct a judicial review of the results of the July 28
presidential election that saw him <a href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/breaking-venezuela-maduro-wins-presidential-elections/">secure</a> a new 6-year term. </p><p>Maduro
delivered a writ of amparo to the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme
Court of Justice (TSJ) on Wednesday after the opposition’s refusal to
recognize the results of the vote led to widespread <a href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-govt-hardline-opposition-call-for-mobilizations-in-tense-election-aftermath/">unrest</a> in the country. </p><p>The
country’s electoral authority announced Maduro had won the election
just after midnight on Monday with 51.2 percent of the vote against
González’s 44.2 percent. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE)
formally <a href="https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-electoral-authority-formally-declares-maduro-victory/">declared</a> Nicolás Maduro the winner the following day. </p><p>“We
are ready to present 100 percent of the electoral tallies that we have
in our possession,” said Maduro upon leaving the TSJ headquarters in
Caracas. </p><p>Venezuela’s hardline opposition maintains that its
candidate Edmundo González won Sunday’s election and claims to have
electoral tallies that prove it. Maduro said he was willing to testify
and submit his coalition’s tallies and challenged the other presidential
candidates to do the same. </p><p>Spanish political analyst Juan Carlos Monedero, who was in Venezuela for the vote, has strongly <a href="https://x.com/MonederoJC/status/1818488714026246173">disputed</a> the opposition’s claims and has insisted that the CNE be given time to process the results. </p><p>The
CNE has not yet released a detailed breakdown of the vote. Officials
from the electoral authority attribute the delay to “cyber attack” that
they say affected the transmission of data.</p><p>A number of analysts
and political forces have urged the CNE to publish the full results in
order to ease the tensions surrounding the results.</p><p>International
election observers including the National Lawyers Guild, present in the
country to accompany the vote, praised the “fairness, transparency of
Venezuelan election process.”</p><p>“The delegation observed a
transparent, fair voting process with scrupulous attention to
legitimacy, access to the polls, and pluralism,” read a statement by the
group.</p><p>The delegation went on to criticize the US-backed
opposition over their refusal to accept the results, which they charged
undermined the stability of Venezuela’s democracy. The Carter Center,
which was also present for Sunday’s vote, said in a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/national-lawyers-guild-electoral-observers-praise-fairness-transparency-of-venezuelan-election-process-condemn-the-u-s-backed-oppositions-refusal-to-accept-the-outcome-of-democratic-election">statement</a> that the election “did not meet international standards of electoral integrity.”</p><p>Sunday’s
elections took place largely without incident. However, the delayed
final results have spurred calls for greater transparency, including
from some of Venezuela’s neighbors. </p><p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro, seen as an ally of Maduro, <a href="https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/1818636682704392473">called</a>
for an “professional international audit” of the results. Meanwhile,
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a phone call with US
President Joe Biden who subsequently <a href="https://x.com/POTUS/status/1818411670370398655">said</a>
the pair agreed “on the need for an immediate release of full,
transparent, and detailed voting data at the polling station level by
the Venezuelan electoral authorities.”</p><p>Other regional leaders,
however, have called for respect for Venezuela’s institutions. Mexico’s
Andrés Manuel López Obrador took issue in particular with the effort by
the Organization of American States (OAS), to intervene on the matter,
questioning its credibility and impartiality.</p><p>“Why does the OAS
have to meddle? That is interference,” said the Mexican president during
his press conference on Tuesday, adding that he believed there was no
evidence of fraud.</p><p>Maduro’s petition to the Supreme Court was presented as an effort to dissipate doubts over the electoral contest. </p><p>“I
have gone to the highest court so that the Electoral Chamber proceeds
with the resolution of the electoral contest on Sunday, July 28, so that
it elucidates the events of this date and what followed, and
establishes with absolute clarity the definitive results that had me as
the winner,” Maduro said in a press conference. He emphasized trust in
Venezuela’s institutions to “secure peace” in the country.</p><p>Venezuela has been subject to an intense media campaign to discredit Sunday’s election results, with social media being <a href="https://x.com/JulianMaciasT/status/1817985827026387175">inundated</a>
with disinformation. Maduro outright accused Western outlets of seeking
to foment a “civil war” in Venezuela and upped his rhetoric against his
opponents.</p><p>“If US imperialism and fascist criminals force us, I
will not hesitate to call the people to a new revolution with other
characteristics,” <a href="https://x.com/lubrio/status/1818741768424395178">declared</a> Maduro during a Wednesday press conference.</p><p>In
his address, Maduro expressed concern over the violent protests over
recent days, reminiscent of the “guarimba” violent protests that shook
the nation in 2014 and 2017. The president showed reported evidence of
attacks on schools, hospitals, public buildings and infrastructure. </p><p>On
Wednesday, Venezuela appeared to return to normal after protests and
violent clashes with security forces that Human Rights Watch <a href="https://x.com/JuanitaGoe/status/1818690184017228261">said</a>
included “20 credible reports” of protest-related deaths. Defense
Minister Vladimir Padrino López reported the death of one National Guard
sergeant and 48 wounded officers.</p><p><em>Edited by Ricardo Vaz in Caracas.</em></p></div></div></div>
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