The
Council of Electoral Specialists of Latin America noted that the
"Venezuelan people have made their case for peace."
Some
43 international observers and electoral experts to Venezuela's
National Constituent Assembly Sunday called for the international
community to respect the will of the Venezuelan people.
The
Council of Electoral Specialists of Latin America composed of former
presidents and magistrates from electoral organizations throughout
Latin America was the main international organization that observed
Venezuela's ANC.
According
to CEELA, Venezuela's assembly vote was a clear indication that "the
Venezuelan people have made their case for peace despite threats and
interventionist actions for the United States as well as their
associates and allies."
International
observers — politicians, parliamentarians, campesinos, Indigenous
people, workers and representatives from electoral missions and
organizations in different parts of the world — also participated
and reiterated that Venezuela's self-determination and sovereignty,
as expressed through ANC elections participants, must be recognized
and respected.
Nicanor
Moscoso, the organization's representative, delivered a statement
which read, in part, that Venezuela's legitimate and robust voting
system “guarantees that the results accurately reflects the will
of voters,” according to Prensa Latina.
Over
eight million people voted in Venezuela's election Sunday — a
turnout of over 41 percent, according to electoral authorities — to
choose from 6,120 candidates for the 545-member ANC.
The
statement noted that “the Venezuelan people have made their case
for peace despite threats and interventionist actions from the United
States as well as their associates and allies."
It
added that Venezuelans “have concurred in a civic and peaceful
manner to exercise their right to vote in a free, universal, direct,
and secret election as expressed in Article 63 of the Bolivarian
Constitution.”
Moscoso
stressed that the ANC should serve as a legal mechanism to help
promote a healthy dialogue among political opponents in order to
guarantee the wellbeing of and peace between all Venezuelan citizens.
The
report will be presented to Venezuela's National Electoral Council.
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