The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, threatened the former Chavista mayor who questioned the results issued by the National Electoral Council in the presidential elections.
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Specifically, the deputy also attacked the illegitimate National Assembly, Juan Barreto, the former mayor of Caracas, on his television program.
“Don’t be a coward Juan (Barreto), everyone knows you (…) He sees a truck outside his house and gets nervous, where does Juan live so he can go visit him and get rid of his fear? Of course I’m wearing a military uniform.”Capello warned.
newly, Barreto pointed out that the number of voters is 21,105,157 and the participation rate is 59, which is equivalent to 12,452,042 voters.
According to the former mayor’s calculations, if Maduro got 5,150,092 votes, Edmundo González got 4,445,978, and the other candidates got 462,704, there are still 2,393,268 votes that haven’t been counted. “Who got almost 2.5 million votes?” Barreto asked in an X post.
“Excuse my ignorance of mathematics… but I want you to explain this to me again, I am slow,” he regretted.
The National Electoral Council has declared Nicolás Maduro the “winner” of the presidential election held on Sunday, July 28, where he faced opposition candidate Edmundo González at the polls that day.
In the wake of this situation, thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to defend their voices. Currently, several protests have been recorded in the South American country.
In an attempt to reduce these manifestations, The regime represses opposition political leaders, human rights activists, lawyers, journalists and the civilian population.
According to the NGO Foro Penal. 1,263 people have been arrested in Venezuela after protests erupted in the Caribbean nation. After the questionable results of the National Election Council, controlled by the regime, in the presidential elections.
According to the NGO, among those arrested are 114 teenagers, five indigenous people, and 160 women.
This association also indicates that among the detainees are 16 citizens with some congenital or acquired disability.
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