tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post3546148100727354513..comments2023-08-31T15:14:58.287-07:00Comments on London Green Left Blog: What is Really Going On in Venezuela?Mike Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-92228850161997406012017-08-03T12:53:51.372-07:002017-08-03T12:53:51.372-07:00What the reports dont mention is that internationa...What the reports dont mention is that international observers who monitored the election held in Venezuela on Sundaysaid that they passed without problems except the opposition boycott and their preventing many people from voting.<br /><br />I have seen a report on Pan Latin American TV Station Tlesur from one of the observers Spanish politician Vicent Garcés a representative of the PSOE said that the process that took place last Sunday in Venezuela for the election of a National Constituent Assembly took place with total transparency.<br /><br />"The result is unappealable. There are eight million people. a 42 percent turnout, even though the opposition did not go to vote, is a lot, " said the Socialist politician.<br /><br />He also clarified the issue of the alleged manipulation of the figures of participation indicated by Smartmatic, company that gives technical advice to the machines of voting in the country and stated that they did not have access to the counting of the votes .<br /><br />"The opposition said that the electoral process was fraudulent, but when the results favoured them two years ago they did not hesitate to accept them,"<br /><br />He also recalled that in the last 17 years there have been 21 electoral processes in the Latin American nation and it was not possible to provide verifiable evidence of fraud in any of them.<br /><br />Likewise, he highlighted the tranquility during the day in the polling stations located in popular areas of Caracas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com