Anti-Chavez bloc accuses Venezuela’s CNE of ‘paralyzing’ the transmission of results

The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the main opposition alliance in Venezuela, denounced today that the National Electoral Council (CNE) “has paralyzed” the transmission of results of the presidential elections in a “significant number” of the 15,767 voting centers, although it did not specify the data.

The CNE “It has paralyzed the transmission in many centers and is preventing our witnesses from obtaining the record by removing them from their voting centers”declared former deputy Delsa Solórzano on behalf of the coalition, which ran in these elections with Edmundo González Urrutia as its standard-bearer.

According to the leader, “they are preventing the transmission” of a result that is expected to be favorable to the anti-Chavez movement based on the minutes previously sent through the system, before the process was halted, she said.

“With the number of records we have and the percentage they show, it is clear that Venezuela has reason to celebrate,” said Solórzano, who also indicated that “there are a significant number of voting centers where they are removing” opposition witnesses. For this reason, Solórzano asked them to stay close to these spaces.

Along the same lines, candidate González Urrutia urged citizens, through the social network X, to remain in the polling stations “validating and defending” each vote.

“We have the right to remain in the voting centers until the records are delivered that will validate the information we have. Let us defend and celebrate democracy in peace,” said the former ambassador.

In addition to the opposition candidate, there are nine other candidates competing in these elections, including the current president, Nicolás Maduro, who is seeking a third consecutive six-year term in power.