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| Over recent months there has been an international media campaign sowing seeds of doubt in the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE). Evidence released by the Venezuelan government includes an email sent from Armando Briquet, of Capriles's campaign team, to Guillermo Salas, of Esdata, which reports on Venezuela's electoral process, stating "we need everything set out in Washington for checking over by the [Capriles campaign] (Report, 17 April). It's necessary that all documentation is presented if we decide to take the road of not recognising the results". Nicolas Maduro won Sunday's elections by 1.8%, 262,000 votes. Capriles only won the governorship of Miranda in December last year by 40,000 votes, and both sides accepted the results and the transparency of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council. Chávez lost the constitutional reform referendum in 2007 by a narrower margin, 1.4%, and accepted the result. With a turnout of just under 79%, the results mean 40% of the Venezuelan electorate voted for Maduro, more than Thatcher in 1979 (33%), Blair in 1997 (31%), Cameron in 2010 (23%), Obama in 2008 (30%) and Attlee in 1945 (36%). The calls of election fraud are part of a premeditated plan to destabilise the country. Sam McGill Editor, www.vivavenezuela.co.uk | Over recent months there has been an international media campaign sowing seeds of doubt in the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE). Evidence released by the Venezuelan government includes an email sent from Armando Briquet, of Capriles's campaign team, to Guillermo Salas, of Esdata, which reports on Venezuela's electoral process, stating "we need everything set out in Washington for checking over by the [Capriles campaign] (Report, 17 April). It's necessary that all documentation is presented if we decide to take the road of not recognising the results". Nicolas Maduro won Sunday's elections by 1.8%, 262,000 votes. Capriles only won the governorship of Miranda in December last year by 40,000 votes, and both sides accepted the results and the transparency of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council. Chávez lost the constitutional reform referendum in 2007 by a narrower margin, 1.4%, and accepted the result. With a turnout of just under 79%, the results mean 40% of the Venezuelan electorate voted for Maduro, more than Thatcher in 1979 (33%), Blair in 1997 (31%), Cameron in 2010 (23%), Obama in 2008 (30%) and Attlee in 1945 (36%). The calls of election fraud are part of a premeditated plan to destabilise the country. Sam McGill Editor, www.vivavenezuela.co.uk |
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