Venezuelan presidential election: Opposition claims evidence of fraud
Photo: President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro (Getty Images)
On Sunday, July 28, the presidential election took place in Venezuela, but the results were called controversial. The opposition claims to have sufficient evidence of fraud, informs Bloomberg.
María Corina Machado, who leads the campaign against President Nicolás Maduro, informed supporters at her party's campaign headquarters on Monday evening that the opposition has enough voting records to prove they won the election.
Yesterday, they had access to about 40% of them; now they say they have over 70%. The numbers show a decisive and irreversible triumph: 6.2 million votes for opposition candidate Edmund Gonzalez compared to 2.8 million for Maduro.
It should be noted that thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas and other cities to protest what they call Maduro's fraudulent victory. Gonzalez, standing next to Machado in the country's capital, said that while he understands the people's anger, calm is needed. According to him, the will of the people, expressed in Sunday's vote, will be respected.
It is worth mentioning that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has already reacted to the controversial presidential election in Venezuela. He stated that the United States has concerns that the announced result does not reflect the will or votes of the Venezuelan people.
Billionaire Elon Musk also reacted to the events. The businessman called Maduro a "dictator," to which Maduro responded by saying that Musk is a threat to Venezuela.
