The European Union (EU) on Wednesday showed its support for working with the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó to hold “credible, inclusive and democratic” elections, but avoided treating him as responsible chairman, after the regime of the president Nicolas Maduro took control of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
(In context: Chavismo returns to parliament and Guaidó’s opposition challenges him).
“The EU will remain committed to all political and social actors fighting to restore democracy Venezuela, including in particular Juan Guaidó and other representatives of the outgoing National Assembly, elected in 2015, the last free speech of Venezuelans, “the twenty-seven said in a statement.
The EU reiterated its rejection of the December 6 elections because “They failed to meet international standards for a credible process” and “there was a lack of political pluralism”, for which he “deeply” regretted that the National Assembly took up its mandate on Tuesday “on the basis of these undemocratic elections.”
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Chavismo, which has ruled Venezuela since 1999, regained control of parliament on Tuesday and appointed former Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez as the new head of the National Assembly. after winning 256 seats out of 277 in the December elections in which the leaders of the main opposition parties did not participate.
Venezuela urgently needs a political solution to end the current impasse, through an inclusive process of dialogue and negotiation …
Despite this, the opposition led by Guaidó announced the extension by one year of the functions of the anti-Chavist deputies, under the aegis of the delegated commission, a body envisaged in the constitution to operate only during the holiday periods of the deputies .
In his statement Wednesday the twenty-seven say Venezuela urgently needs a political solution to break the current impasse through an inclusive process of dialogue and negotiation, leading to a credible, inclusive and democratic process. “
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In this sense, he asked Venezuelan authorities and leaders to “prioritize the interests of the people of Venezuela and join urgently to initiate a transition process” in the country.
“The EU is ready to support that processThe twenty-seven said and the spokesman for the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, specified that Brussels is ready to “compromise” with “Juan Guaidó and the other representatives of the outgoing National Assembly”.
EFE
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