The Supreme Court of Venezuela confirms the legitimacy of the election and the victory of President Maduro
After the announcement of the results of the Venezuelan presidential election and the victory of Nicolás Maduro, his opponents claimed that the election was disrupted, a situation that led to the emergence of opposition protests on the streets in the country and the arrest of a number of protesters and opposition leaders.
According to ABC, the head of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, Caryslia Rodriguez, has said that the court has reviewed the documents of the National Electoral Council and confirms that Maduro has won, and there is no possibility of opposing the decision.
Rodríguez added that: the results of the July 28 presidential election of Venezuela, which were released by the National Electoral Council and showed that Maduro had won, are valid.
After voting ended, the National Electoral Council of Venezuela announced that Maduro had won with more than half of the votes, but did not provide an analysis of those votes. Despite this, a few days later the council confirmed that Maduro had received the most votes and was the official winner.
However, the opposition rejected the results and claimed that Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition's presidential candidate, won and that he was supported by 67 percent of voters.
The United Nations has announced that at least 23 protesters were killed and about 2,400 others were arrested due to the violence and chaos in the streets that occurred after the election results were announced. At the same time, Maduro has called the protesters fascists and people with radical ideologies until.../
