G7 expresses concern about Venezuela, demands regime publish election results "with total transparency"

The Group of Seven (G7) expressed their solidarity with the Venezuelan people this Wednesday and expressed concern about the electoral results announced by the communist regime controlled National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared the dictator Nicolás Maduro as the winner over opposition candidate Edmundo González.

The G7 also urged the regime to publish the election results "with total transparency," as the Venezuelan opposition led by María Corina Machado has called for.

“We call on Venezuelan representatives to publish the detailed results of the elections with full transparency and ask electoral representatives to immediately share all information with the opposition and independent observers,” says the group's statement.

“We call for maximum moderation and a peaceful, democratic solution led by Venezuela,” added the G7, made up of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. In addition, the European Union is a de facto member by having permanent political representation.

Antonio Tajani, leader of the center-right Forza Italia party and former president of the European Union Parliament, said that "I have always maintained a firm condemnation of the Maduro regime since I have held positions in the European institutions."

"The announced results do not seem to reflect the real will of the Venezuelan people," Tajani added before lawmakers in the lower house of the Italian parliament.

The Carter Center, an American nonprofit organization that participated as an observer in the Venezuelan presidential elections, said this Tuesday that the process "did not conform" to international parameters and standards of electoral integrity, so "it cannot be considered democratic".

"The Carter Center cannot verify or corroborate the authenticity of the results of the presidential election declared by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela," the organization said in a statement they shared on their website and on networks.

The organization highlighted that the electoral body, which declared the ruling party Nicolás Maduro the winner in the absence of more than two million votes to be counted, has not announced the results broken down by table, which "constitutes a serious violation of electoral principles."

He also explained that the election process “has not reached international standards of integrity in any of its relevant stages and has violated numerous precepts of the national legislation itself.”

While the Venezuelan dictator has not yet shown official proof of his supposed electoral results, opposition leader María Corina Machado assured this Monday in a press conference that her team worked for more than 12 hours to create a web page that houses the results. of the minutes, where every Venezuelan - inside and outside Venezuela - can consult them using their identification number.