Election in Venezuela: María Corina Machado thanks Lula, Pedro and Macron but asks for more international support

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado This Friday he thanked the presidents of Colombia. Gustavo PedroFrom Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silvaand from France, Emmanuel Macron, his position in the presidential elections on July 28, in whichexpressed their concern It is impossible for Chavismo to register his candidacy Corina Yoris.

“I thank the presidents Emmanuel Macron“Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Pedro for their position in the last hour reaffirms that our struggle is just and democratic,” Machado posted on his X account.

The Chavista opposition called on the “democratic leaders of the world” to unite to demand the regime Nicolás Maduro This allows Yoris to register as a candidate for the main opposition coalition in Venezuela, Democratic United Platform (PUD).

“It has become clear that there are no political or legal reasons preventing Korina Yoris from becoming a candidate, and excluding her, as I have done, denies the possibility of a free and fair election,” he added.

Machado, who is ineligible to hold elected office, offered the nomination to historian Corina Yoris, who the PUD also failed to register.

“We support all democratic leaders of the world to fully implement the Barbados Agreement signed a few months ago to achieve free and fair elections in Venezuela,” he said.

On Thursday, the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and France, Emmanuel Macron, blocked the registration of the candidacy of Yoris, the opposition party in Venezuela. “Serious”.

Lula, who spoke to reporters in conjunction with his French prime minister who was on an official visit to Brazil, noted that it was true that Yoris was unable to register as a candidate. There is no “political or legal” explanation for this.

For its part, the Colombian government expressed its concern over the Venezuelan opposition's difficulties in registering candidates for the July 28 presidential election.

“Colombia expresses its concern regarding recent events on the occasion of the registration of some presidential candidacies, particularly the difficulties faced by the majority opposition parties such as the PUD and the Vente Venezuela movement,” the foreign ministry said. said in a statement.

The Venezuelan regime, along with the regimes of Brazil and Colombia, rejected these positions.

He CNE Tuesday confirmed the final list of candidates for the presidential election next July, which includes the name Eduardo Gonzalez Urrutia The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) was absorbed as a candidate for the Democratic Unity Table.

The Democratic United Platform, made up of the country's main opposition leaders, has chosen Machado as its primary candidate to challenge Maduro for Venezuela's presidency in the upcoming July elections.

However, Machado was disqualified by the judge for fifteen years.

(with information from EFE and EP)