The government refused to sign a group statement that does not know the results of the elections in Venezuela

The deathly silence the government plunged into ahead of the controversial legislative elections in Venezuela last Sunday had another symptom on Tuesday that accompanies Kirchnerism’s refusal to condemn Nicolás Maduro.

Only four months after joining the call International contact group Regarding Venezuela, the Alberto Fernández administration refused to sign a declaration published on Tuesday by the GCI which ignored Sunday’s elections, deemed fraudulent by the Venezuelan opposition and unknown to 16 Latin American countries, including Brazil, the ‘Uruguay, Chile, as well as other America such as Canada and the United States. In addition to calling for free and fair elections, the GCI explained that “They cannot recognize the results of this electoral process as legitimate or representative of the will of the Venezuelan people.”

As Casa Rosada and Foreign Ministry officials continued on Tuesday without making statements on Maduro’s elections, rumors persist that Argentina is seeking consensus on a common position with Andrés Manuel López Obrador , from Mexico, and Luis Arce, from Bolivia, which just ended. to reopen the Bolivian Embassy in Caracas, with the presence of Evo Morales. Another transcendent is that, taking advantage of the long vacation, Fernández decided not to talk about it and the days go by.

Tuesday’s statement from the International Contact Group that Argentina refused to sign reads:

<< The following members of the International Contact Group on Venezuela (ICG), Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Uruguay refer to their Declaration of September 17, 2020 in which it establishes that the only lasting solution to the Venezuelan crisis will be political, peaceful and democratic, through credible, inclusive and transparent legislative and presidential elections. "

They concluded that the conditions for a credible, inclusive and transparent process for the election of a new National Assembly did not currently exist and demanded that all obstacles to political participation be removed so that a process could take place. . important election.

They do not consider that the elections to the Venezuelan National Assembly that were held on December 6 met internationally accepted conditions, as requested by the GCI and other international groups. They also did not meet the conditions required by Venezuelan law.

In these circumstances, cannot recognize the results of this electoral process as legitimate or representative of the will of the Venezuelan people. They express their continued willingness to support efforts to promote a common understanding and response to the situation in Venezuela and to the country’s return to democracy and the rule of law. “

What is curious about this case is that the government joined the GCI as an alternative way to tackle the crisis in Venezuela by completely disagreeing with the Lima Group, which was hired by the Macri administration. , and whose members rejected the Venezuelan elections. In these, 30% of voters participated according to the party in power and 20% according to the opposition. Chavismo was left with control of the National Assembly. The elections are recognized by Russia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Turkey and Iran, among others. The government has not left the Lima Group, but when it took office last December, it stopped supporting its statements. Today he did the same with the GCI.