************************************************************************************************ Venezuela: Court rejects appeal by left-wing opposition to publish presidential election results ************************************************************************************************
More than two months after the passing of a 30-day legal deadline, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has still not published the full results of the July 28 presidential election. Despite this, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) rejected an appeal on November 4 calling on it to request the CNE comply with Article 155 of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes and the TSJ’s own August 22 ruling that the electoral body “publish definitive results for the electoral process”. Instead, the TSJ fined María Alejandra Díaz, the lawyer who lodged the appeal on behalf of various left-wing organisations, and suspended her from professional duties. Continue reading at https://www.greenleft.org. au/content/venezuela-court- rejects-appeal-left-wing- opposition-publish- presidential-election-results ( https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-court-rejects-appeal-left-wing-opposition-publish-presidential-election-results ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -- ************************************************************************** Venezuela attacks Brazil, Colombia after calls to publish election results ************************************************************************** Venezuelan officials have responded with threats and accusations to recent statements from Brazil and Colombia reaffirming their refusal to recognise any new president unless election results are published. According to Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), incumbent president Nicolas Maduro won the July 28 election, but the right-wing opposition says alleged voting centre tally sheets prove the real winner was its candidate, Edmundo González. Given the controversy, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian president Gustavo Petro have encouraged Maduro to dispel any doubts by publishing the full results. Continue reading at https://www.greenleft.org. au/content/venezuela-attacks- brazil-colombia-after-calls- publish-election-results ( https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-attacks-brazil-colombia-after-calls-publish-election-results ) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33401): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33401 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109456097/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
