Voters have been lining up across Venezuela since Saturday night to cast their ballots in the presidential election

Line of voters in the state of Mérida

Starting Saturday night, Venezuelan citizens in different parts of the country began forming lines at polling centers, waiting for the tables to open to vote. Presidential election This Sunday, July 28.

In the oil state of Julia, Eduardo LabradorA deputy of the Legislative Council confirmed the presence of voters in a polling center through a video broadcast on social networks.

Meanwhile inside Carabobo, central Venezuela, neighbors prevented a group of hooded motorcyclists from entering the area. “Take your motorcycle and leave me alone” shouted a woman from her place in line.

When a group identified with Maduro's party entered a voting precinct at a center in Tachira state, neighbors demanded their removal.

An incident occurred when a group was identified at the San Rafael Bolivarian School in the municipality of Cardenas, Tachira. United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) entered the polling station and the neighbors demanded his removal.

Rows in San Nicolas de Bari Center, in Nueva Casarapa, Guarenas, started at 10:00 a.m. Saturday. This center is the busiest in the state of Miranda 11,447 voters Distributed over 12 tables.

Voters line up in Laura state

Finally, residents of the Mendoza Foundation in Marrakesh, Aragua state, denounced the presence of representatives of the Hugo Chávez Combat Units (UBCh) in one of the polling stations in the sector.

The election, which will start at 6:00 am local time and end at 6:00 pm local time, promises to be a historic day with around 21 million voters. People of Venezuela At least for the next 6 years we managed to restore democracy by voting.

Residents of the Mendoza Foundation in Marrakesh, Aragua state, denounced the presence of representatives of the Hugo Chávez Combat Units (UBCh) in one of the polling stations in the sector.

Outside, they can participate 69,211 VenezuelansAccording to data from the UN Communication Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants, the minimum portion of voting age and conditions of more than 7 million migrants, the Maduro regime is reducing to about 2 million. .

Venezuelans line up at polling stations

Immigrants can vote 104 diplomatic representations and Venezuelan embassies in the world, said the head of the Commission on Political Participation and Finance of the National Electoral Council (CNE) this Saturday. Aim Nogal.

Chavismo and the opposition called for multiple votes and for every vote to be observed and protected, which, according to the parties, would leave the country's fate still in jeopardy.

Voters queue in Portugal

The international community, which welcomes millions of Venezuelans, is watching the process closely, especially after an election campaign that ended last Thursday – with many complaints that the majority is anti-Chavismo. Arrests, Prohibitions and “Threats”among others.

Various countries in the region have expressed their “concern” on the matter, as well as their desire for the electoral process to develop peacefully and be respected by the parties.

Voters have been waiting outside the centers since the beginning

To ensure the security of the process, more than 388,000 members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and various state security forces, since last Wednesday, have been stationed in 335 municipalities of the country.

In addition, around 700 officers from the Ombudsman's office will check the “correct functioning” of voting machines and ensure the “protection and monitoring” of voters' human rights, while a total of 1,236 officers from the prosecutor's office will be deployed. “If applicable,” to prevent “contaminating or obstructing” any situation.

(with information from EFE)