Venezuela's Supreme Court validates Nicolás Maduro's electoral fraud

The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela, a body of magistrates controlled by chavismo, confirmed this Thursday the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE) regarding the elections on July 28, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner in a contest plagued by irregularities and labeled as fraud by a large part of the Venezuelan and international community.

"This court declares based on the expert analysis conducted, and grounded in the report prepared by national and international experts, in an irrefutable manner, the validity of the audited electoral material and validates the results of the presidential election," said the president of the Court, Caryslia Rodríguez.

This reaffirmation of the result disregards the complaints made by the opposition command, led by María Corina Machado and former candidate Edmundo González, as well as the protests against the fraud that have shaken various cities in Venezuela and around the world.

A few days ago, the former presidential candidate and former vice president of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, Enrique Márquez, requested the recusal of Caryslia Beatríz Rodríguez, stating that she has political ties to President Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, CNN cited.

"The president of the Electoral Chamber has not hidden, either in the past or in the present, what her political ties are, and a judge, a female judge, cannot administer justice if she is not impartial," Márquez noted.

Previously, the United States government has warned about consequences for those who facilitate "electoral fraud and repression," stating that it "will hold them accountable," more than three weeks after the presidential elections in Venezuela, and the records certifying the results have yet to be published.

The opposition leader Machado had asked the TSJ to “step up,” challenging them to choose the right side in this fraud.