Former opposition presidential candidate Enrique Márquez announced this Friday that he will present an appeal for review before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Venezuela (TSJ), to evaluate the decision of the electoral chamber confirming the victory of President Nicolás Maduro, in the July 28 election.
“We have decided to exercise our constitutional rights and we are going to exercise our right to submit an appeal before the Constitutional Chamber to review this sentence,” Marquez said at a press conference.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court – headed by Chavista Caryslia Rodríguez – upheld the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared Maduro the winner of a third consecutive six-year term, described by the majority as fraudulent. Resistance , which emphasizes the “victory” of Edmundo González Urrutia.
This is our position in the judgment given by the Election Commission of the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/mSzt16RtES
— Enrique Marquez (@ENRIQUEMARQUEZP) August 23, 2024
The verdict confirming Maduro's victory is a violation of constitutional rights
Marquez He said the sentence could be non-appealable. But the TSJ's Constitutional Chamber can review it because, he believes, it violates constitutional rights.
“First we have access to the complete sentence, and we are going to hear it. We are working and preparing to reconsider this appeal because we strongly believe that this sentence violates constitutional rights,” he added.
The former candidate indicated that he is taking this step because he has not abandoned politics or institutions despite the judges not responding to any of the appeals he filed in the Supreme Court regarding the presidential election.
“There are many people who say why are we going to do it. I say, we are going to do it because we are not abandoning politics or institutions, because we are trying to preserve peace, preserve institutions, preserve the constitution,” he said.
He asked the citizens to come with him to present this appeal for reconsideration before the TSJ so that it is an initiative of trade unions, unions and citizens in general.
“We want you to tell us whether the sentence is constitutional or not so that the people of the city can tell the Constitutional Court,” he said.
The TSJ accepted the “verification” of the results at the request of Maduro, who launched a never-before-seen appeal, and 10 former candidates were summoned, although González Urrutia refused to attend, deeming the verification out of jurisdiction. Even after 26 days of the polls, it is yet to release the disaggregated data even though the table is contemplated.
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