Polls are open from 6:00 a.m. in the South American country (12:00 p.m. in the Basque Country). The president and the opposition leader have called for a massive vote.
The polling stations of Venezuela They have opened their doors at 06:00 (noon in Euskal Herria) to hold decisive elections that can revalidate Nicolas Maduro as president or change it for Edmundo Gonzalez.
A victory for González would open the doors of Miraflores Palace to the opposition 25 years after the triumph of the Bolivarian revolution of Hugo Chávez, who then ruled the country for 14 years, until his death in 2013. Today, precisely, he would have turned 70 years old.
According to the National Electoral Council (CNE), several of the 15,767 centers authorized for this process opened at the scheduled time, while the first report from the electoral authorities is awaited to know the percentage of openings reached, as well as the first incidents.
Through social media, Venezuelans have reported long queues outside voting centres in several regions of the country’s interior, in some of which voters were reported queuing since Saturday night.
The regulations stipulate that the more than 30,000 voting tables will be open for 12 hours, without interruption, and will remain operational until there are voters in line.
The president, who is running for re-election, has promised free and fair elections where “the law, institutions, national will and sovereignty will triumph” at the end of what he predicts will be a “blessed” election day, “one of peace and tranquility.”
Twenty minutes before the polls opened, Maduro celebrated what he described as “the Beautiful Day of Chavez, of the people, of the Bolivarian Revolution and of the victory of peace.” “At the sound of the Diana of Carabobo we go to the polling stations. Let’s vote, Venezuela!” he urged.
A few minutes earlier, the opposition leader Maria Corina Machadodisqualified by the National Electoral Council, has called for voting “with strength, joy and conviction” and has expressed her desire that the “national anthem be heard throughout the world.” “We will achieve it,” she assured in X.
1280 Venezuelans are called to vote at the Bilbao polling station
On the other hand, 1,280 citizens of Venezuela who live in Euskal Herria and neighbouring areas are called to vote tomorrow at the Bilbao polling station.
The Venezuelan platform claims that in reality there should be 25,000, and they ask for the support of the international community to ensure the counting of votes and guarantee the outcome of the elections.
Source: Eitb
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