AMLO criticizes Antony Blinken for claiming that Edmundo González won the Venezuelan elections

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)president of Mexico considers that the statements issued by Antony Blinken, Secretary of state, through which Edmundo González is declared the winner of the elections in Venezuela instead of Nicolás Maduro, is “imprudent.”

During a conference held at the National Palace, the president of the Aztec nation He urged all governments to refrain from interventionism in the political affairs of the South American country.

Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on Sunday and according to the results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), 51.2% of the votes supported Nicolás Maduro, while 44.2% of the votes went to Edmundo González.

However, the result of the elections did not satisfy the supporters of the candidate opposed to the current government and Demonstrations arose in the streets which forced the authorities to arrest a large number of people who are dissatisfied with the possibility that Maduro will prolong his stay at the head of the government after accumulating 11 years serving as a president incapable of improving the economy of a nation condemned to poverty due to the high levels of inflation in its economy.

Once the expressions of repudiation towards the Maduro regime began to spread throughout the world through social networks, Several countries, led by the United States, demanded that the Venezuelan authorities make the results transparent. of their choice to corroborate that the process had not been manipulated.

A couple of days later, Through a statement, Antony Blinken determined that the triumph of the Venezuelan electoral process had been for Edmundo González.

“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, more importantly, to the Venezuelan people, that Edmundo González Urrutia won the majority of the vote in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election,” the letter read in part.

About, AMLO expressed his opposition to the position taken by the US official.

“It doesn’t help to resolve things, I say this with all due respect, it is reckless. No government is authorized, it is not legal, it is not legitimate to issue a ruling declaring a candidate from another country the winner or the loser. What is that? If there is no world government, that has nothing to do with democracy,” he exclaimed.

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