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Excerpt from St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
Venezuela’s Highest Court Upholds Nicolas Maduro’s Reelection, Does Not Publish Full Vote Count
Venezuela’s highest court has ratified the controversial re-election of Nicolás Maduro as president in spite of allegations of widespread voter fraud in July’s poll, however the full vote count has not been published.
The decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice comes as United Nations voting experts warned that the court lacked independence and impartiality.
The court said it had reviewed material from the country’s election authority, which said Mr Maduro had won just over half of the vote, and agreed he had been victorious. However the materials reviewed have not been made public.
The US State Department has said: “The National Electoral Council’s rapid declaration of Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the presidential election came with no supporting evidence. The CNE still has not published disaggregated data or any of the vote tally sheets, despite repeated calls from Venezuelans and the international community to do so.”
