CNE of Venezuela delivers presidential election records to the Supreme Court.

The government has been accused of committing fraud and delaying the delivery of the minutes.

Amoroso entrega actas al Tribunal Supremo © Captura de pantalla / @cneesvzla
Amoroso delivers documents to the Supreme Court.Photo © Screenshot / @cneesvzla

In the midst of strong allegations of fraud, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Elvis Amoroso, delivered on Monday the counting reports corresponding to the presidential elections of July 28 to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ).

That entity said it would conduct a review of the electoral result that proclaimed Nicolás Maduro as the winner, which has raised strong questions both nationally and internationally, not only due to the delay in the delivery of the records by the Chavismo but also because the opposition published thousands of them, which declare the opponent Edmundo González as the winner.

The president of the TSJ, the chavista Caryslia Rodríguez, confirmed the receipt of the documents in a statement read on the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).

"It is noted that all the requirements requested by the National Electoral Council have been received, thus complying with the court order," he stated.

Rodríguez indicated that the TSJ will begin a "process of expertise on the submitted material" within a period of up to 15 days, which could be extended.

According to VTV, Amoroso submitted the counting records from the polling stations, the allocation document, and the proclamation document to the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ.

Rodríguez added that presidential candidates and representatives of political parties will be summoned to hand over all "electoral instruments" in their possession and to respond to an interrogation.

Among those called are Nicolás Maduro, the candidate of the main opposition coalition, Edmundo González, the representative of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), José Luis Cartaya, the Secretary General of the Movement for Venezuela (MPV), Simón Calzadilla, the governor of Zulia state, Manuel Rosales, and candidate Enrique Márquez.

Chavistas Diosdado Cabello, Hipólito Abreu, Ilenia Medina, Ricardo Sánchez, and Didalco Bolívar have also been summoned.

Last Friday, the TSJ requested the CNE the scrutiny records and the final tally of the presidential results, as part of an investigation aimed at "certifying" the official result that declared Maduro as reelected.

In addition, he requested "all the elements" that prove an alleged "cyber attack" against the CNE's computer system, which allegedly prevented a timely transmission of the results, according to the government to justify the delay.

With 96.87% of the transmitted ballots counted, the CNE declared Maduro the winner of the elections with 51.95% of the votes compared to the 43.18% obtained by González.

However, the opposition has published on a public website the "81% of the election records" which, according to them, demonstrate that González won the elections by a wide margin of more than 30 points.

This result has been recognized by several countries, including Argentina, the United States, Peru, and the European Union, among others.

Maduro has unleashed a strong repression against people who are demonstrating in the streets against electoral fraud.

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