Venezuela slams U.S. attempts to ‘delegitimise’ presidential election
Venezuela categorically rejected the U.S. attempts to “discount and delegitimise” the results of the upcoming presidential elections, the foreign ministry said.
Citing a U.S. statement released Wednesday, the ministry slammed the United States for “trying to discount and delegitimise the next elections.”
The response came after the U.S. State Department said it was “deeply concerned” that the Venezuelan National Electoral Council aimed to restrict opposition candidates from registering to participate in the July 28 elections.
The ministry said Washington intended to “minimise” the participation of 37 political groups that have backed the registration of 13 presidential candidates.
The constitutional requirements of the electoral process had been fulfilled, along “with each point of the agreement signed between the legitimate government of Venezuela and the self-proclaimed Unitary Platform,” as the opposition alliance is called.
Venezuela “is proud of its electoral system” and committed to “maintaining peace, economic growth and political stability,” the ministry said.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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