Posted on 12/07/2020 8:14:29 PM PST by xomething
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Monday in congressional elections boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and widely criticized internationally as being fraudulent.
The win gives Maduro control of the last major branch of government outside his grasp. It plays out in the waning days of the Trump administration, which leaves office with Maduro firmly entrenched despite its efforts to bring about his departure through diplomacy and sanctions.
“We have recovered the National Assembly with the majority vote of the Venezuelan people,” Maduro said in a televised address. “It’s a great victory without a doubt for democracy.”
Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela and allied parties captured 67% of seats in the National Assembly in Sunday's election, said Indira Alfonzo, president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council. Just 31% of the 20 million registered voters participated in the election, she said.
The National Assembly has been led by U.S.-backed politician Juan Guaidó, who has pressed to oust Maduro for nearly two years and end Venezuela’s deepening crisis. He’s backed by Washington and dozens of nations that consider Maduro’s presidency illegitimate.
The election’s outcome, however, appears to weaken both Maduro, who’s accused of overseeing a fixed vote, and Guaidó, whose legal claim to the presidency hinges on his role as National Assembly head, while his own popularity fades after failing to oust Maduro.
The opposition boycott stems from a Supreme Court ruling this year appointing a new election commission, including three members who have been sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada, without the participation of the opposition-led National Assembly, as the law requires.
The court also removed the leadership of three opposition parties – including Guaidó’s – appointing new leaders the opposition accuses of conspiring to support Maduro...
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I see Dominon International was hard at work.
Let’s not become the
Dominion States of America on
January 20th.
When is Byedone going to congratulate him?
You know who brags about having 61 of 90 seats in America? California’s Jered Huffman, Senator McGuire and the rest. They openly mock and lie just like Maduro.
If voting changed anything, they would have outlawed it years ago.
How nice that we can have the backdrop of the Venezuelan election to compare ours to.
Just because US backed Guaido and his US backed cronies chose to boycott the elections, that does not nullify them.
In Switzerland, about 43-45% of voters participate in elections, does that nullify them?
I really wish the US government agencies that are so concerned with ousting, and declaring leaders of other countries illegitimate showed as much concern for the USA.
It appears those same government agencies support the coup in this country, too.
We see what our future looks like if they get away with this.
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